Color & Trace BLENDS Book

April 12, 2026
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Make learning to recognize, hear, and spell blends is important for young learners starting to read. This super cute, free printable blends book is a fun way to practice as first grade and 2nd graders color, trace, and read! These color by blend worksheet will help kids get to know blends in no time!

Make learning to recognize, hear, and spell blends is important for young learners starting to read. This super cute, free printable blends book is a fun way to practice as first grade and 2nd graders color, trace, and read! These color by blend worksheet will help kids get to know blends in no time!

color by blend worksheet free

Blends are easy to spot. When you sound out a blend slowly, such as “fr” you can still hear the individual “f” and “r” sound. Where as with a digraph, you only hear the one sound. For example, when we say the digraph “sh”, we don’t sound it out as “s” and “h”, only “sh”. This free printable blends book for grade 1 and grade 2 students includes s blends, r blends and l blends. I’ve also added in “tw” as a bonus.

consonant blends coloring worksheets

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the pages in the template.  The printable is in black and white to save on printer ink costs and allow students to colour the pages to strengthen hand muscles too!

Teach Blends for Kids with this free printable blends book for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade kids

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Preparation
Print the blends book and cut out the pages – there are four book pages per sheet. Then staple the book together on the left hand side.

blends coloring sheet

To Play
Choose a blend to work on such as “gr”. Say the blend “gr” and say it slowly so you can hear the individual “g” and “r” sounds. Then trace over the blend and color in the picture.
 
Extension Activity
On the back of each page get the kids to write down other things that start with that blend.

  • Get ready to make learning blends fun with our adorable blends worksheets! This set of 20 free blends worksheets includes a wider variety of activities to make practicing fun! The blends worksheets for ukg include write the blend, read / color the blend, and blends word search puzzles. Download these blending worksheets for kindergarten and first grade which include both beginning and ending consonant blends!
  • Looking for a fun beginning blends activity to help students learn to read, write, and spell initial sounds? These free printable Beginning Blends Games are a great way to work on learning beginning blends while playing a fun game. Use these initial consonant blends printable game with kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders.  Whether you use this as a supplement to your phonics activities, a learning center, or a stand-alone activity - this is sure to make learning to read fun!
  • If your student is working on beginning consonant blends, you are going to want to grab this free consonant blends chart! Use thishandy initial consonant blends list that includes pictures to make it a great visual for kindergarten and first grade students. Simply print the initial blending words printable and you are ready to work on phonics!
  • If your student is working on ending blends, you are going to want to grab this free consonant blends finals chart pack! Use these handy, free printable final consonant blends that includes pictures to make it a great visual for kindergarten and first grade students. Simply print the consonant blends at the end printable and you are ready to work on phonics!
  • If you are working on blends and digraphs it can be helpful to have a list of digraphs and blends to keep things clear for kids. This free printable blends and digraphs chart gives kids a handy visual with pictures of which is which. Use this consonant blends and digraphs activity to help kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders to easily learn and remember.
  • The nk sound at the end of words can be challenging for some readers. But these nk ending blends clip cards are a fun blends activity to practice reading nk words. Use this final consonant blends games with kindergarten and first grade students to improve reading and spelling with Ending Blends nk. Simply download pdf file with nk printable and you are ready to play, learn, and improve phonics skills!
  • Many times our kiddos need to hear words and play with the sounds before we can expect them to read them. These free printable ending blends worksheets allow children listening to words with N blends before they are expected to read or spell them. These first grade worksheets us bingo dauber markers to make them extra fun. Simply download pdf fie with do a dot printables and you are ready to work on phonics skills with kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students.
  • This FREE printable s blends activity is a fun way to help teaching children to read. Simply download the pdf file, read the words, and clip the answer.
  • Help first graders practice with s blends to improve reading fluency by using these fun, FREE Printable on Ending Blends themed Do a Dot Printables. 
  • FREE L blends Worksheets - Kids will have fun learning to listen for blends in words and spelling with these free printable l blends worksheets for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.
  • If your kids are learning about blends, you will love these free printable, handy consonant blends activities. Download and print these blends clip cards to practice identifying blends in words with first grade students. Included in these consonant blends are l blends, s blends and r blends.
  • Are you looking for a fun way for your first grader to practice Ending Blends? This fun phonics game is a great way to help improve skills to become better readers and spellers.
  • Grab these no prep, FREE printable Ending Blends Worksheets to help your first grader learn phonics skills that will help them become better reading and spelling.
  • FREE L Blends Puzzles - Help children learn to sound out L blends with these free printable puzzles. This consonant blends activity is great for kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.
  • FREE Spring Initial Blends Sort - this is a fun, hands on consonant blend activity for first graders to practice in a fun literacy game #blends #literacy #firstgrade
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  • First grade students will have fun practicing reading n blends in sentences with these super cute, clever, and free printable Ending Blend Worksheets. 
  • Kids will have fun working on ending blends with this free printable find and dot blend activity for first graders.
  • Have fun practicing the consonant le words with this fun, free printable chutes and ladder type game! This consonant le game is perfect for first grade and 2nd graders who are working on this phonics skill. Symply print the consonant le printable and you are ready to play while you learn about types of syllables!
  • Do you know what is a final stable syllable? A final stable syllable contains a constonant plus the letter l and a silent e, and always comes at the end of a word like bubble. Use these free worksheets to get some practice with this phonics concept!
  • Sneak in some fun practice with phoneme blending using these blends worksheets! Simply print the word blends activities and you are ready to practice reading and spelling consonant blends with kindergarten and first grade.
  • Children will have fun sounding out word familiy blends using these super cute word family sliders. These word family activities have a fun transportation theme to engage kids in kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. These word family printables include more complex words in this initial blends activity. Simply print pdf file with blending and segmenting activities to practice sounding out and reading words.

Grab these handy blends and digraphs charts, beginning consonant blends charts, or final consonant blends charts

color by blends worksheets

color by blend worksheet

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Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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