Blending 101 — How to Push Sounds Together and Read Real Words!

Level 1 · Article 3 of 75

Blending 101! 🔊

You know the sounds. Now learn the SUPERPOWER — push them together and read real words!

The Secret 🔑

🤫
The Rule
Blending means pushing sounds together without stopping — say each sound, then slide them into one word. /s/… /a/… /t/… say them faster and faster until you hear sat! That is blending!

The Blending Machine ⚙️

👆 Tap each sound box — then tap the word to hear it all blended!
Watch the sounds become a word!
/s/
+
/a/
+
/t/
=
sat!
/p/
+
/i/
+
/n/
=
pin!
/h/
+
/i/
+
/t/
=
hit!

Step by step — try these! 👣

👆 Tap each row to hear the whole word blended slowly!
1
fan
/f/ + /a/ + /n/
TAP TO HEAR ▶
2
lip
/l/ + /i/ + /p/
TAP TO HEAR ▶
3
nip
/n/ + /i/ + /p/
TAP TO HEAR ▶
4
bin
/b/ + /i/ + /n/
TAP TO HEAR ▶
5
van
/v/ + /a/ + /n/
TAP TO HEAR ▶

Words you can ALREADY read! 🌟

👆 Tap any word to hear it blended!
hit
a hard tap!
fin
fish has one!
lap
sit on mine!
tab
open a new one!
nib
tip of a pen!
jab
a quick poke!
🎯
The Challenge — Blend this silly sentence!
"A big fat bat sat on a tin bin and did a jig!"
A very large bat found a tin bin, sat right on top of it, and started dancing a little jig! Can you blend every single word? Try it three times — faster each time! 😄

⚠️ Rule Breaker Watch!

⚠️ Don't add UH to stop sounds!
When blending, never say tuh-ah-puh for tap — that makes a completely different sound! Keep stop sounds like t, p, b, d, k, g short and sharp — no uh at the end. Say /t/ not /tuh/. This is the number one blending mistake — now you know to avoid it! 💪
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