Consonant Blends

First, your child should already…

This skill builds directly on:

• Consonant Digraphs — master this first.

What your child is learning

Unlike digraphs, in a blend you still hear each consonant — they’re just close together (black, stop, jump, tent). This is the last core piece of short-vowel decoding before vowel teams and longer words.

Signs your child is ready

• Handles digraphs and short vowels fluently
• Reads two-syllable short-vowel words like napkin

Practice this skill

Worksheets and decodable practice for Consonant Blends are in the library.

How to know it’s mastered

The child reads initial and final blend words — and short sentences containing them — accurately, sounding all the consonants in the cluster.