Blends Dominoes

Blends Dominoes provide a dynamic and tactile approach to learning consonant blends, helping children identify, read and match words with common initial and final blends. This 28-piece set of thick plastic dominoes offers the satisfying weight and feel of real dominoes, making the activity both engaging and hands-on. Stored in a durable collector's tin, the set is ideal for classroom settings, literacy centres or home learning environments. As children match blend-based words, they develop phonemic awareness and become more confident in decoding multi-letter combinations. This game targets common blends such as œbl, œcr, œst, and œnd, and is designed to help learners understand how these sounds work together to form parts of words. The domino format allows for independent play, peer collaboration and flexible instructional use. Teachers can easily incorporate this resource into structured phonics lessons or informal literacy games, making it a versatile tool to reinforce spelling patterns and build reading fluency in an enjoyable way.

Educational Benefits

• Supports recognition of initial and final consonant blends.
• Strengthens decoding and spelling strategies.
• Develops fluency with multisyllabic and blend-rich words.
• Enhances phonological awareness through sound pattern recognition.

Classroom Ideas

• Include in daily literacy rotations for hands-on phonics practice.
• Use to identify and sort words by beginning or ending blends.
• Create mini-challenges where students build the longest domino chain.
• Pair with writing tasks where students use matched words in sentences or stories.

Information

• Ages: 5+ (recommended)
• Includes: 28 thick plastic dominoes
• Packaging: Collector's tin for secure and organised storage
• Format: Real domino feel for an engaging tactile learning experience