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Check out our fantastic ending ld Consonant Blends Activities printables, phonics games, worksheets and hands-on activities for kids. There’s so much variety we promise your first-grade learners will love learning ending blends. Our phonics blending games are just what you need to keep phonics lessons fun.  Use these fun phonics activities for whole-class lessons as well as independent work, homework, for early finishers, and your literacy centres. 

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So what are Blends?

Consonant blends consist of two or more consonants that are blended together. They are different from digraphs because you can still hear each sound of the two letters in the word, for example; black and mist.

Just like digraphs there are beginning consonant blends and final consonant blends. The beginning consonant blends are blends that appear at the beginning of a word, such as brick and clay.

Blends can also be found at the end of words; the most commonly taught ending consonant blends include:

• ld- child, fold
• lf- elf, golf
• lk- chalk, milk
• lm- film, palm
• lp- help, gulp
• lt-salt, melt 

When teaching blends, most teachers make it easier for students by introducing blends in families or groups.  For example, l-blends including: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl and r-blends. For a list of the different blends check out our Phonics Blends List