Turn your phonics notes into printable blends flashcards

A consonant blend is two or three consonants whose sounds run together, like the bl in black or the nt at the end of hand. Each consonant keeps its own sound, which separates a blend from a digraph such as sh, where two letters make one new sound. Cards that ask students to sort and name these patterns work best when the examples come from their own word lists.

Generating from your material also means the cards follow your order of teaching. Start with initial blends, then move to final blends once students can read them, and review the earlier groups as the spaced repetition schedule brings them back.