Blend Words Matching Worksheet: Read and Circle the Picture!
This worksheet gives children ages 4-6 further practice reading consonant blend words and connecting them to their matching picture, this time by circling rather than cutting and pasting, which keeps the focus purely on reading and visual scanning. Repeated blend practice across different formats — matching, circling, and later independent writing — helps these two-consonant sounds become automatic rather than something a child has to sound out every time.
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- Phonics - Blends > Blend Words
How to use this worksheet
Read the blend word at the start of the row aloud together, stretching out the two consonant sounds at the beginning. Look at the row of pictures and ask your child to name each one, then decide which picture matches the sound and meaning of the word. Have your child circle the correct picture, then read the word once more while pointing at their circled choice to reinforce the match.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Have the child write the blend word next to the picture they circled for extra writing practice.
- 2Ask the child to use the blend word in a spoken sentence about the picture.
- 3Find other objects in the room that start with the same blend sound as the words on the worksheet.
- 4Create a simple blend-word bingo game using words from the worksheet and household objects.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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