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The Swan and Duck Blend Sorting printable is a fun way to work on beginning blends with kids.<\/p>\n

It works great for a pond theme and an Ugly Duckling theme as well. Kids can have fun sorting the blends to the correct picture.<\/p>\n

Kids in first grade and second grade will have loads of fun work on blends with this blend matching printable.<\/p>\n

The Swan & Duck Blends Sorting Printable is part of the 5 Days of Free Ugly Duckling Printables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Swan & Duck Blends Sorting Printable is a great addition to the pond printables<\/a> and beginning blend printables<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n

This is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> and get access to the password there. You will find it in the nursery rhyme\/folk tale section on the subscriber freebie page.<\/p>\n

What is a blend?<\/h2>\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 a 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

Swan & Duck Blends Sorting Printable<\/h2>\n

The swan and duck blend sorting printable that is great for first grade (ages 6 to 7) and a second grade (ages 7 to 8) fun review.<\/p>\n

These blend printables work on matching blend letters with picture of the blend.
\nThis helps kids work on beginning blends and become familiar with works that start with those blends.<\/p>\n

You have ducks and swans with the blend letters and pictures of the matching blend words on the ponds.<\/p>\n

You have the following beginning blends: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, and tr.<\/p>\n

Pond Blend Sorting Mats<\/h3>\n

The pond blend sorting mat has a picture of a pond with a picture of a blend word. The picture is on the right side of the mat.<\/p>\n

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Duck and Swan Blend Letters<\/h3>\n

You have ducks and swans with the blends letters. You can see the blend letters above the ducks and swans. They are a simple and easy to see font for kids. There is only one blend for each card.<\/p>\n

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Blend Letter and Pictures<\/h3>\n

Here are all the letter matching and the pictures for the swan and duck blend matching printable.<\/p>\n

BL – blender
\nBR – broom
\nCL – cloud
\nCR – crown
\nDR – drum
\nFL – flower
\nFR – frog
\nGL – glue
\nGR – grape
\nPL – plant
\nPR – print
\nSC – scooter
\nSK – ski
\nSL – sleep
\nSM – smell
\nSN – snail
\nST – star
\nSW – swan
\nTR – tree<\/p>\n

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Item to Help Learn Blends<\/h2>\n

A few fun blend books to use with these printables.<\/p>\n

Meet the Phonics – Blends – Easy Reader Books<\/a> has an easy reader book for each blend.<\/p>\n

Meet the Phonics – Blends<\/a> is a fun video about blends.<\/p>\n

Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop: A Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Blends<\/a> is another book that helps you see the blends for one type on the page and read about it.<\/p>\n

Things to use with the Swan & Duck Blends Sorting Printable<\/h2>\n