Blends and Digraphs
Certain consonants blend together and these need to be mastered by children in order to confidently decode words while reading. This set of Blends Activity Sheets includes 12 high quality worksheets which provide the child with opportunities to practise creating common blends. Preschool, prep, grade 1 and 2.
Free Printable Blend Worksheets
Blend Activity Sheets
These activity sheets combine different blends, giving children the opportunity to hear the differences between similar blends. For example, in the sheet pictures, children need to be able to be able to distinguish between the similar sounding blends, ‘bl’ and ‘pl’.
bl and pl
br and dr
c, h and ch
cl and fl
fr, gr and tr
h, sh and ch
p, l and pl
pr and cr
sl and gl
sm and sn
sp and st
s, t and st
Blend-a-Word Activity Sheets
Reinforce blends with this worksheet. Children draw a line to match the onset (beginning blend) to the rime (ending of the word).
Blend-a-Word 1
Blend-a-Word 2
Blend-a-Word 3
Blend-a-Word 4
Blend Match-Up Sheets
Cut and paste to match the blend words to their pictures. Sorted by individual blends.
bl match up
br match up
ch match up
cl match up
cr match up
dr match up
fl match up
fr match up
ft match up
gl match up
gr match up
cl match up
cr match up
dr match up
fl match up
fr match up
mp match up
nd match up
ng match up
nk match up
nt match up
ph match up
pl match up
sc match up
sh match up
sk match up
sl match up
sm match up
sn match up
sp match up
st match up
th match up
tr match up
sc match up
sh match up
sk match up
Blend Cut & Paste Sheets
bl
br
ch
cl
cr
dr
fl
fr
gl
gr
pl
pr
sc
sh
sl
sm
sn
sp
st
th
tr
wh
Blends and Digraphs- Activities and Ideas
Take a Pick!
- Select a blend or digraph and help your child to come up with words (“cr says /crr/. Can you think of any words that begin with ‘cr’?” Make sure to continually stress the blend/digraph.
Final Blends/Digraphs
- Together, come up with words that end with a given blend/digraph (eg. fish, best, jump, second).
Blends/Digraphs Song
- Together with your child, come up with a short singable song line for each letter (‘br’ says /brr/, /brr/, /brr/, /brr/. The Broom is Broken. /brr/, /brr/, /brr/). Practise the rhymes. Hint: Make these into flash cards so your child can practise independently!
