Blends+Activities

=**Blend Activities** =



__**Activity One- Snakes and Ladders**__
In this activity, rules are played like the traditional Snakes and Ladders. To play, a board is drawn up like a Snakes and Ladders board but with consonant blends written in the square. A group of children role a die and move along he spaces. They are required to make a word using the blend they land on. If you land on a base, counters move up the ladder and if you land on a snake head, you move down the ladder. For a bigger challenge, children can say two or three word using the blend they land on.

__**Activity Two- Scramble**__
The game Scramble is similar to Scrabble. To create this game, small wooden counters with initial blends are needed, final blends and spare letters printed on with a marker. The counters are placed face down and the children pick up six counters and try to make a word. Once the child has had a turn and used up all their letter, they pick up counters so they have six. A four letter word is worth 5 points and a five letter word is worth 10 points.

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