Children will learn letter blends BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, SL. Learn to read. Fun consonant blends. Learn about blends. Blends are two letters that begin words and each letter sound can be heard.

What are Consonant Blends ?

Phonics blends or clusters, are groups of consonants whose sounds blend together. As children become more confident with the alphabet consonants, they start to blend these letters together. Consonant blends are so called, because you will notice that they do not have any vowels between them. Each letter within the blend is pronounced individually, but quickly, so they ‘blend’ together. Blends are usually composed of two or three consonants and can begin or end a syllable or word. Consonant blends that appear at the beginning of a word, are referred to as Initial Consonant Blends or beginning blends, and those that appear at the end of a word are referred to as Final Consonant Blends or end blends.