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Blending Games for 1st Graders

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends TR and PR
Begin Blending With Consonant Blends TR and PR

Fret, trash, crab, and grin! Can you find out the common pattern here? Look at the first two letters - fr, tr, cr and gr. These are known as blends! Check out more words beginning with R blends with this thrilling game.

From Sounds to Words: trek and prod
From Sounds to Words: trek and prod

Let's do it ourselves! Now that your child has explored the new words that different letters can make when put together, it's time to build some words. With this guided learning game, they can start their reading journey!

Guess the Word: crop and fresh
Guess the Word: crop and fresh

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Find Words Using Blending: grip and frill
Find Words Using Blending: grip and frill

Here comes the tricky part. In this ultimate practice game, not only will your child have to identify the correct word, but they will also have to figure out the question using their blending skills. Are you ready?

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The Ultimate Word Families Challenge: gram, press and froth
The Ultimate Word Families Challenge: gram, press and froth

Sound and sight go hand-in-hand while learning the skill of blending. With this game, your child will see a word in the question and will have to select the correct option using only the sound of the words given.

Learn Initial Blends With CR and FR
Learn Initial Blends With CR and FR

Every word has a beginning sound. It is the first sound that you hear in that word. This exploratory game serves as a great introduction to the concept of the beginning sound.

Identify the Initial Blend: frog and grill
Identify the Initial Blend: frog and grill

It's practice time! Now that your child has been introduced to the first sound of a word, it's time to let them do some hands-on practice. Let your little one figure out the beginning sound of a word independently!

Choose the Correct Initial Blend: GR and TR
Choose the Correct Initial Blend: GR and TR

Oh no! The words have lost their first sounds! Can your child help these words in finding their beginning sounds? There are so many options to choose from.

Build Words Using the Inital Blend: grit and trim
Build Words Using the Inital Blend: grit and trim

Time to take it to the next level! In this challenging game, your child has to build words using just the sound of the letters.

Initial Blend and Its Name: CR, FR, GR, PR & TR
Initial Blend and Its Name: CR, FR, GR, PR & TR

Do you think your child can identify not only the beginning sound but also its letter name? Can your little one use the two to build new words? It's time to find it out! With this thrilling game, experience the ultimate beginning sound challenge.

Begin Segmenting With crib and prop
Begin Segmenting With crib and prop

The first step towards becoming a good writer is the ability to break a word into its sounds. With this fun game, your child will learn about all the sounds present in a word.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: trash and grill
Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: trash and grill

If you write c-a-t as a-c-t, it becomes a different word altogether. Therefore, putting letters in the correct order is essential for building and reading words. Play this game to learn how to put letters in the right order to successfully make words.

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: fret and crop
Sequence the Letters to Make Words: fret and crop

Are you ready to take word building to the next level? With this game, your little one has to put the letters in the right order to make new words. Mind you, there are no letter sounds in this game!

Guess the Word: prop and fresh
Guess the Word: prop and fresh

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends CL and BL
Begin Blending With Consonant Blends CL and BL

Flat, plug, club, and bliss! Can you find out the common pattern here? Look at the first two letters - fr, tr, cr and gr. These are known as blends! Check out more words beginning with L blends with this thrilling game.

From Sounds to Words: clap and bless
From Sounds to Words: clap and bless

Let's do it ourselves! Now that your child has explored the new words that different letters can make when put together, it's time to build some words. With this guided learning game, they can start their reading journey!

Guess the Word: slip and glass
Guess the Word: slip and glass

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Find Words Using Blending: flat and plot
Find Words Using Blending: flat and plot

Here comes the tricky part. In this ultimate practice game, not only will your child have to identify the correct word, but they will also have to figure out the question using their blending skills. Are you ready?

The Ultimate Word Families Challenge: glam, plug and cloth
The Ultimate Word Families Challenge: glam, plug and cloth

Sound and sight go hand-in-hand while learning the skill of blending. With this game, your child will see a word in the question and will have to select the correct option using only the sound of the words given.

Learn Initial Blends With PL and SL
Learn Initial Blends With PL and SL

Every word has a beginning sound. It is the first sound that you hear in that word. This exploratory game serves as a great introduction to the concept of the beginning sound.

Identify the Initial Blend: floss and slush
Identify the Initial Blend: floss and slush

It's practice time! Now that your child has been introduced to the first sound of a word, it's time to let them do some hands-on practice. Let your little one figure out the beginning sound of a word independently!

Choose the Correct Initial Blend: clip and flip
Choose the Correct Initial Blend: clip and flip

Oh no! The words have lost their first sounds! Can your child help these words in finding their beginning sounds? There are so many options to choose from.

Build Words Using the Inital Blend: gloss and bliss
Build Words Using the Inital Blend: gloss and bliss

Time to take it to the next level! In this challenging game, your child has to build words using just the sound of the letters.

Initial Blend and Its Name: BL, CL, FL, GL, PL & SL
Initial Blend and Its Name: BL, CL, FL, GL, PL & SL

Do you think your child can identify not only the beginning sound but also its letter name? Can your little one use the two to build new words? It's time to find it out! With this thrilling game, experience the ultimate beginning sound challenge.

Begin Segmenting With flesh and plum
Begin Segmenting With flesh and plum

The first step towards becoming a good writer is the ability to break a word into its sounds. With this fun game, your child will learn about all the sounds present in a word.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: club and bliss
Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: club and bliss

If you write c-a-t as a-c-t, it becomes a different word altogether. Therefore, putting letters in the correct order is essential for building and reading words. Play this game to learn how to put letters in the right order to successfully make words.

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: slab and glad
Sequence the Letters to Make Words: slab and glad

Are you ready to take word building to the next level? With this game, your little one has to put the letters in the right order to make new words. Mind you, there are no letter sounds in this game!

Guess the Word: sloth and gloss
Guess the Word: sloth and gloss

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends SK and ST
Begin Blending With Consonant Blends SK and ST

Blends can also come at the end of a word. Look at the words like last, ring, milk, or hand. Play this enjoyable game to learn more words that end with blends.

From Sounds to Words: risk and frost
From Sounds to Words: risk and frost

Let's do it ourselves! Now that your child has explored the new words that different letters can make when put together, it's time to build some words. With this guided learning game, they can start their reading journey!

Guess the Word: milk and jump
Guess the Word: milk and jump

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Find Words Using Blending: fist and hulk
Find Words Using Blending: fist and hulk

Here comes the tricky part. In this ultimate practice game, not only will your child have to identify the correct word, but they will also have to figure out the question using their blending skills. Are you ready?

The Ultimate Consonant Blends Challenge: nest, musk and jump
The Ultimate Consonant Blends Challenge: nest, musk and jump

Sound and sight go hand-in-hand while learning the skill of blending. With this game, your child will see a word in the question and will have to select the correct option using only the sound of the words given.

Explore End Blends With LK and MP
Explore End Blends With LK and MP

Every word has an ending sound. It is the last sound that you hear in that word. This exploratory game serves as a great introduction to the concept of the ending sound.

Identify the End Blend: hulk and frisk
Identify the End Blend: hulk and frisk

It's practice time! Now that your child has been introduced to the last sound of a word, it's time to let them do some hands-on practice. Let your little one figure out the ending sound of a word independently!

Pick the Right Ending Sound: whisk and chest
Pick the Right Ending Sound: whisk and chest

Oh no! The words have lost their last sounds! Can your child help these words in finding their ending sounds? There are so many options to choose from.

Make Words With the Ending Blend: tramp and silk
Make Words With the Ending Blend: tramp and silk

Time to take it to the next level! In this challenging game, your child has to build words using just the sound of the letters.

End Blend and Its Name: LK, MP, SK & ST
End Blend and Its Name: LK, MP, SK & ST

Do you think your child can identify not only the ending sound but also its letter name? Can your little one use the two to build new words? It's time to find it out! With this thrilling game, experience the ultimate ending sound challenge.

Begin Segmenting With bulk and limp
Begin Segmenting With bulk and limp

The first step towards becoming a good writer is the ability to break a word into its sounds. With this fun game, your child will learn about all the sounds present in a word.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: must and camp
Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: must and camp

If you write c-a-t as a-c-t, it becomes a different word altogether. Therefore, putting letters in the correct order is essential for building and reading words. Play this game to learn how to put letters in the right order to successfully make words.

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: jump and rest
Sequence the Letters to Make Words: jump and rest

Are you ready to take word building to the next level? With this game, your little one has to put the letters in the right order to make new words. Mind you, there are no letter sounds in this game!

Guess the Word: desk and milk
Guess the Word: desk and milk

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Begin Blending With Consonant Blends NK and ND
Begin Blending With Consonant Blends NK and ND

Blends can also come at the end of a word. Look at the words like last, ring, milk, or hand. Play this enjoyable game to learn more words that end with blends.

From Sounds to Words: pink and bond
From Sounds to Words: pink and bond

Let's do it ourselves! Now that your child has explored the new words that different letters can make when put together, it's time to build some words. With this guided learning game, they can start their reading journey!

Guess the Word: silt and self
Guess the Word: silt and self

Sight and sound connections go a long way in making a fluent reader. With this game, your child will have to choose the correct option from a given set of words by making use of their sound blending skills.

Find Words Using Blending: blink and shelf
Find Words Using Blending: blink and shelf

Here comes the tricky part. In this ultimate practice game, not only will your child have to identify the correct word, but they will also have to figure out the question using their blending skills. Are you ready?

The Ultimate Consonant Blends Challenge: sand, sink and tilt
The Ultimate Consonant Blends Challenge: sand, sink and tilt

Sound and sight go hand-in-hand while learning the skill of blending. With this game, your child will see a word in the question and will have to select the correct option using only the sound of the words given.

Explore End Blends With LT and LF
Explore End Blends With LT and LF

Every word has an ending sound. It is the last sound that you hear in that word. This exploratory game serves as a great introduction to the concept of the ending sound.

Identify the End Blend: kilt and gulf
Identify the End Blend: kilt and gulf

It's practice time! Now that your child has been introduced to the last sound of a word, it's time to let them do some hands-on practice. Let your little one figure out the ending sound of a word independently!

Pick the Right Ending Sound: pond and golf
Pick the Right Ending Sound: pond and golf

Oh no! The words have lost their last sounds! Can your child help these words in finding their ending sounds? There are so many options to choose from.

Make Words With the Ending Blend: felt and honk
Make Words With the Ending Blend: felt and honk

Time to take it to the next level! In this challenging game, your child has to build words using just the sound of the letters.

End Blend and Its Name: LF, LT, ND & NK
End Blend and Its Name: LF, LT, ND & NK

Do you think your child can identify not only the ending sound but also its letter name? Can your little one use the two to build new words? It's time to find it out! With this thrilling game, experience the ultimate ending sound challenge.

Begin Segmenting With trunk and mend
Begin Segmenting With trunk and mend

The first step towards becoming a good writer is the ability to break a word into its sounds. With this fun game, your child will learn about all the sounds present in a word.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: shelf and felt
Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: shelf and felt

If you write c-a-t as a-c-t, it becomes a different word altogether. Therefore, putting letters in the correct order is essential for building and reading words. Play this game to learn how to put letters in the right order to successfully make words.

Read and Learn with Word Games

Today's kids are not obedient to the previous method of classroom instruction. It is uninteresting and dull to them. They get animated, though, when given complex and real-time tasks. Young children are always looking for fresh and exciting methods to learn and understand a subject, and it also applies to reading words. The more appealing a reading strategy is, the more significant impact it will have on a child's brain and memory.

Short vowel craft sticks, hand gestures, stories, drawings, and online activities on SplashLearn can help kids learn to read. Make a list of words with pictures and post it on the refrigerator or anywhere else they will see it frequently. It will be a great way to help your kids to learn the alphabet.

From Short Vowel A to Long Vowel A

Push the placards aside and play this reading word game. It is a great way to improve reading skills and build reading fluency for your kids.

Guess the Word Game

The ability to make visual and auditory connections is crucial to being a fluent reader. Using their sound mixing skills, your kids will have to choose the correct option from a set of words in this game.

Find the Words

The tough phase is about to begin. Not only will your child have to identify the proper word in this ultimate practice game, but they will also have to use their blending abilities to figure out the question. Are you all set?

Final Words

If you're a parent or a teacher, you should know that teaching a kid the fundamentals of letters and numbers takes a lot of patience and devotion. If you sit with a pen and paper, the kids may eventually lose interest. Thus, the only option is to make the learning experience more exciting!

Online games begin with kids reading the words and learning their meanings for a powerful phonics journey, followed by the introduction and practice of words starting with any alphabet. Understanding and learning the vowel sounds are only the beginning. Making the kids play reading words games for 1st graders, on the other hand, can quickly help them remember and apply what they've learned.

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