Free Printable Blend Ladders: Beginning Sounds
Consonant blends are one of the areas you learn after some of the basic CVC words. These are when you put two consonants together and each makes its own sound.
Today I have some free consonant blend ladders to help with learning those beginning sound blends.
Each of the ladders is a fun way to work on learning the blends sounds and making words.
We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission.
The blends consonant ladders are ways for kids to work on the blend sound of the two letters with vowels.
What is the Consonant Blend?
Consonant blends are when you have two letters together and each still makes its own sound. So an example of a blend would be “bl”. You saw the b sound and the l sound when saying the word “blanket”.
The consonant blends are bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, & tr.
Consonant Blend Ladder Printables
These blend ladders work on one consonant blend at a time. You can see the blend and the vowels on the ladder below.
I like to print the blends ladders on cardstock and laminate these blend ladders to help them last longer.
Things to use with the Blend Consonant Ladder Printables
I always get asked what I use with my printables. And these are the items we have used with the blend ladders or mention in the post. This is to make it easier for you to find those products. The links are to Amazon.
- printer
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- sheet protectors
- lacing letters
- dry erase markers
- Blends Bookmarks
- Small Blends Wall Cards
- Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends
- Bob Books Set 4 – Complex Words
- Meet the Phonics – Blends
Ways to use the Consonant Blends Ladder Printables
You are going to see a few ways to use these consonant blends ladders. You can always use what is best for you.
Setting up a Consant Blends Ladder Center
One way that I set up the blends ladders for a center is to give them just one ladder and several lacing letters. You can have them make sets of words or take one letter at a time down the ladder.
Write the Blends Ladders
If you have laminated the ladder you can have them use dry eraser markers on the ladder to write the words.
I like to use the small blends wall cards to help with the different blend words.
Making Short Vowel Blend Words
If you want to work on short vowel words with the blends you can use the blends bookmarks that has short vowel blend word options.
The bookmarks can also help with long vowel words helps you find a few words to make on the ladder as well.
What you fill find the Free Blend Ladders: Consonant Blends Printable
- One picture and blend at top
- The following consonant blends: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, & tr.
- 2 ladders per page
- 10 pages of printables
What is in the Blends Wall Cards & Ladder Selling Set
The set has two options for the cards. You can get just a big picture and word ending or the multiple words on each wall card. Plus there is a new small and easy to print mini wall cards that are perfect for little hands and to use in centers.
What Is In The Blends Wall Cards & Ladder Selling Set contains:
- Blends: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tr
- Blends Beginning Sounds Ladders
- 2 Cards per page or 4 Cards per page options
- Blends Beginning Sounds Large with several words
- Blends Beginning Sounds Large with single image word ending
- Blends Beginning Sounds small with several words
- Blends Cards small with single image word ending
- 43 pages
- Price: $3
Here are some other Blends Printables
Blends Trace, Find & Color is part of the learning to read sets for tracing the words, finding the matching picture and coloring the picture. These are easy no-prep printable for working on blends.
Blends Wall Cards: Beginning Sounds has the blend picture, the blend letters and the matching word for all the blends.
Blends Coloring Pages has bl-, br-, cl-, cr-, fl-, fr–, gr-, gl-, pl-, pr-, sc-, sk-,sl-, sm-, sn-, sp-, st-, sw-, tr-. You have a trace the word or write the word option.
I Spy Blends Selling Set has 60 pages of blends with I spy for each blend and then mixed blends with l blends, r blends, and s blends.
Check out all the fun Blends Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Word ladders link goes to playdough mats
It goes to the Blends & Diagraph Download page. Scroll down the page.
Thank you!
Welcome!
This is wonderful, can’t wait to use with my daughter!
I’m going to try this with my son! He is reading pretty well but struggles with some of the blends. I think this will be just what he needs! Thanks!
I love your site. Blends can be so tough for some children. Thanks for the resources. I caught up with you at Classroom Freebies.
I am running a contest for some prizes if you would like to enter!
All the best,
Sarah
I Dream of First Grade
Following as Sarah Winchell
These look great for early primary. As I teach a sixth grade gifted class, I will be sure to pass your great FREEBIE along to another member of my staff in September. Thanks for sharing!
Sidney
Teachingisagift
Hi there,
I really like the look of these and have printed them to use.
I have one request. I really wish you would make some ladders with Consonant + vowel (CV), eg, ba, be, bi, bo, bu. This is how I prefer to teach blending rather than word families. Once children can say ‘ba, be, bi, bo, bu’ together, then they just hold the vowel and add the final consonant for CVC words. This is a much more seamless way to blend as then children don’t have any pauses between sounds. Is it possible for you to make some of these?
I have already made those. You can check them out here: https://www.3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-abc-phonics-ladders-learning-printables-blog-hop/
I also have CVC ladders with an ending letters together to add the first consonant for kids here: https://www.3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-cvc-word-family-ladder-printables/