Phoneme Blending Mat – Slide Into Words!

This mat, designed by an experienced early childhood educator, helps students practise blending simple CVC words. With the visual of a slide, students can run their finger down the letters or boxes, smoothly blending the sounds together to read or say each word.

This download includes the following:

• Picture cards
• CVC word card
• Slide Mat (Full colour and low colour)
• Letter cards

Ways to Use This Differentiated CVC Blending Mat

This versatile resource is designed to meet the varying needs and skill levels of your students. If your students are at the phonemic awareness stage, where letter-sound correspondence is not yet introduced, you can use the picture cards for auditory activities.

1. Have students select a picture card.
2. Ask them to identify the first sound in the word.
3. Then, prompt them for the second sound.
4. Finally, ask for the last sound, tapping each box on the slide as you go.
5. Afterward, guide the students to blend the three sounds together.

If your students are ready – you can incorporate the word cards and letter cards as an extra level of understanding is unlocked.

Download and Slide into Blending Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the editable Google Slide version or the easy to print PDF version of this resource.

This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a teacher and a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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