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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<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The Blends Playdough Mats Printables is a great addition to the blends printables<\/a> and playdough mat printables<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n A blend is when two or more consonants are blended together, but the letters in blends all make a separate sound.<\/p>\n Bl would be an example of the consonant blend. So the word blender has the blend of bl.<\/p>\n You sound out b and l sounds in the word.<\/p>\n Beginning blend examples are: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tr.<\/p>\n These Blends playdough mat printables work on beginning blends for kids.<\/p>\n I like having something I can use over and over while working on learning. We use these playdough mats with the series Meet the Phonics – Blends<\/a> Each of the blends mats has a blend in big font size for kids to see with two matching images for each blend on the side. The pictures have the matching word written out for them to see. This is a great way to see the blend in the word.<\/p>\n These are easy ways to introduce the blends to kids. I put the blends playdough mat in a sheet protector but you can laminate them if you plan on using them a lot.<\/p>\n You are going to see a few ways to use these blend playdough mats. Each mat <\/p>\n One of the easiest ways to use these printables is as the playdough mat. You can give them playdough and they can make snakes and fill the letter. I put our playdough mats in sheet protectors<\/a> Another fun idea we have done with the mats is sorting lacing letters<\/a> If you are looking for more blends playdough options check out the blends playdough mats selling set.<\/p>\n It has a playdough mat as above with a tracing of the letter options. You can make the playdough and then trace the two letters together below it.<\/p>\nWhat is a blend?<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nThings to use with the Blends Playdough Mat Printable<\/h2>\n
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How we use the Blends Playdough Mat Printables:<\/h2>\n
Use Playdough on the Blends Playdough Mat<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\nSorting Matching Letters on the Blends Dough mats<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\nBlends Playdough Mat Selling Sets<\/h2>\n