short a

reviewing short a
Review the short vowel sound /a/ as in 'apple'.

short e

reviewing short e
Review the short vowel sound /e/ as in 'egg'.
short i

reviewing short i
Review the short vowel sound /i/ as in 'igloo'.
short o

reviewing short o
Review the short vowel sound /o/ as in 'ox'.
short u

reviewing short u
Review the short vowel sound /u/ as in 'bug'

consonant sound of Bb

reviewing consonant Bb
Review the consonant sound of Bb

consonant hard c

reviewing consonant hard Cc
Review the consonant sound of Cc
consonant d

reviewing consonant Dd
Review the consonant sound of Dd
consonant f

reviewing consonant Ff
Review the consonant sound of Ff
consonant hard g

reviewing consonant hard Gg
Review the consonant sound of Gg

consonant h

reviewing consonant Hh
Review the consonant sound of Hh

consonant j

reviewing consonant Jj
Review the consonant sound of Jj
consonant k

reviewing consonant Kk
Review the consonant sound of Kk
consonant l

reviewing consonant Ll
Review the consonant sound of Ll
consonant m

reviewing consonant Mm
Review the consonant sound of Mm

consonant n

reviewing consonant Nn
Review the consonant sound of Nn

consonant p

reviewing consonant Pp
Review the consonant sound of Pp
digraph qu

consonant digraph qu
Review the consonant digraph sound /kw/
consonant r

reviewing consonant Rr
Review the consonant sound of Rr
consonant s

reviewing consonant Ss
Review the consonant sound of Ss

consonant t

reviewing consonant Tt
Review the consonant sound of Tt

consonant v

reviewing consonant Vv
Review the consonant sound of Vv
consonant w

reviewing consonant Ww
Review the consonant sound of Ww
consonant x

reviewing consonant Xx
Review the consonant sound of Xx
consonant y

reviewing consonant Yy
Review the consonant sound of Yy

consonant z

reviewing consonant Zz
Review the consonant sound of Zz

s blends

S blends
Learning the S blends, sw, st, sm, sn...
s blends

S blends and sentence
Learning a sentence with S blends
s blends sm, sn

S blends sm, sw, sp, st, sn
Learning the S blends, sw, sp, st, sn
trigraph thr, shr, spl

Trigraph, thr, shr, spl, str
Learning consonant trigraphs

s blend crossword

S blends crossword
Learning S blends activity puzzle

word building

st blend word building
Learning st blend by building words
sn s blend

sn blend word building
Learning sn blend by building words
str blend

str blend word building
Learning str blend by building words
s blends word search

s blends word search
Learning st blend by doing this puzzle

 spr, spl trigraphs

spr vs. spl difference
Learn to discriminate spr from spl

ch digraph

ch beginning digraph
Learning the beginning digraph ch
ch digraph

ch ending digraph
Learning the ending digraph ch
digraph ch

ch beginning/ending digraph
Reviewing the beginning/ending digraph ch
digraph sh

sh beginning digraph
Learning the beginning digraph sh

digraph sh

sh ending digraph
Learning the ending digraph sound sh

digraph sh

sh beginning/ending digraph
Learning the beginning/ending digraph sound sh
voiceless th

th voiceless digraph
Learning the beginning voiceless digraph th
voiceless th

th voiceless digraph
Learning the ending voiceless digraph th
th voiceless digraph

th voiceless digraph
Practice the beginning/ending voiceless digraph th

 digraph wh

wh digraph
Learning the beginning digraph wh

digraphs ch, sh, th, wh

reviewing digraphs ch, sh, th, wh
reviewing the key consonant digraphs
digraphs ch, sh, th, wh

reviewing ending digraphs ck, sh,ch, th
reviewing ending digraphs
soft C

soft C consonant
Learning the soft sound of C
soft g

soft G consonant
Learning the soft sound of G

voiced th

th voiced digraph
Learning the voiced digraph th

voiced and voiceless th

comparing voiced/voicess th
contrasting the voiced vs. voiceless th
digraph ph

ph consonant digraph
Learning the consonant digraph ph /f/
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Learning to Read - Consonant Blends in Phonics

Consonant blends are tricky for children. Examples of consonant blends include: s blends as in stop, slow, small and snow. When teaching students consonant blends, make sure they hear the sounds correctly. Some children may not be able to hear each consonant sound that is in a consonant blend. This is why you should avoid these tricky combinations of consonants until individual sounds have been mastered. Then they can be taught to hear two consonants come together to form a blend.

Beginning blends occur at the start of the word. For example L blends such as CLown and CLoud have the C and L at the beginning. Final blends, also called ending blends, occur at the end of a word. These blends are grouped by the ending letters. For example, the final letter in 'last' is an "s" and 't' consonant blend. The "n" final consonant blend is found in words such as nd, sand, and skunk.

Many kids struggle with the consonant blends when they start to learn to read. In order to help children develop this ability, they must learn the letters that form the blends of the two consonants. For example, the letter "c" can be used as an aid for the /k/ sound which combines with 'r' to form the 'cr' blend. When reading, it's important to recognize the subtle difference between a cr and a gr-sound for instance. As there are a couple of elisions in blends, they can make it difficult to differentiate between the two types of phonemes.

As children progress through the Kiz Phonics program, they will become skilled at sounding out consonant blends accurately.