Phonetic Blending Cards

How to use this with students

Pick a category that matches a student's current phonics focus, then have them tap each card left to right and say the sound out loud before the app plays it back. Once all three cards are revealed, the app blends and speaks the whole word — a great moment to have the student repeat it back or use it in a sentence.

Switch to Nonsense Word Practice for a quick, curriculum-neutral decoding check. Because the "words" aren't real, a student can't rely on memory or guessing from context — only accurate sound-by-sound phonics decoding gets them to the right answer.

For modeling, prompting, and progression ideas, pair the cards with this guide to teaching blending and segmenting.