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Your kids will love our ending nk Consonant Blends Activities printables, phonics games, worksheets and hands-on activities. There’s so much variety we promise your first-grade learners will not get bored of learning ending nk blends. Our phonics blending games are just what you need to keep phonics lessons fun and engaging in the classroom; they’re perfect phonics activities for use with the whole class as well as for independent work, homework, early finishers, and 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 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. Below you will find the ending n and m blends families including:

• nd – bend, blind
• nk – bank, drink
• nt – bent, mint
• mp – bump, camp

For a list of the different blends check out our Phonics Blends List