Blending mats

Sometimes children really struggle to blend and I use these to help. Smooth blending is helpful for children who cannot put those sounds together. Try and make the sounds blend into each other even if the sound is a short sound. For example iiiiiiiit, aaaaat, iiiiiin. Try singing it to help. You won't always need to do this. It is often a eureka moment for some children when they eventually click.

Download: Blending mat (3 box with car and road)

Download: Blending mat (3 box with arrow)

Download: Blending mat (4 box with arrow)

Download: Blending mat (2 box with car and road)

Download Blending mat (2 box with arrow)

Download Blending mat (4 box with car and road)

Roll a sound

This is a very simple activity using a die with dotty numbers, a laminated sheet, some counters or a whiteboard pen.

Each number represents a sound and the child rolls the die, finds the sound it represents and either covers it with a counter on the grid or crosses it off with a dry wipe pen.

There is one already made using satpin but I have included a word version using comic sans as the font. I am aware that many will not have sassoon.

Roll a sound

Roll a sound (word) so you can edit to put your own sounds in