"SP" Sports Pennants

At the conclusion of "College Week" and our study of "s" blends, we made these adorable sports pennants. The pennant pictured above is my example, but the kids glued on the clip art pictures of sports and added other /sp/ words and pictures.

"ST" Star Power Words

Hokie Pokie Blend Song

Just a little song to help make learning blends a little more fun...
(Sing to the tune of the Hokie Pokie.)
My example uses the /sm/ blend. Substitute the letters, sound and words for any blend.

You put a (s- say letter name) in, you put a (m - say letter name) in,
you put a (s m - say both letter names) in and you stir them all around -
/sm/ /sm/(say blend sound) smile, /sm/ /sm/ (say blend sound) smell -
that's what it's all about -
dump them out!

My kids really love adding motions as well. When we add the letters we pretend to but them in a bowl. We stir them up in the bowl with a stirring motion. Finally, we dump out the bowl and start over with two letters for another blend. :)