Give your students a fun, no-prep way to practice beginning L-blends with this FREE printable phonics worksheet!
 
In Color the L-Blends, students say each picture name and then color the beginning L-blend that correctly completes the word. Students practice identifying BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, and SL using familiar, picture-supported vocabulary.
 
Picture words include flag, blocks, clown, glasses, plane, slippers, flute, cloud, gloves, and clam.
 
Skills Practiced
Identifying beginning consonant blends
Recognizing BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, and SL
Connecting pictures to beginning sounds
Phonemic awareness
Early decoding and phonics skills
L-blend word recognition
 
Perfect For
First grade phonics
Literacy centers
Morning work
Independent practice
Small groups
Homework
Early finishers
Phonics review or intervention
 
This one-page black-and-white printable PDF is easy to print and use with no prep required.
 
Like This Free Worksheet?
This worksheet is taken from the Beginning L-Blends Phonics Practice Pack, a 14-page resource featuring a variety of activities for practicing BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, and SL.
 
The complete pack gives students additional practice with tracing and writing blends, choosing beginning blends, matching pictures and blends, sorting words, completing words, reading and matching, identifying L-blend words, and reading L-blends in simple sentences.
 
Download this free worksheet to give your students some extra L-blend practice and get a preview of the complete Beginning L-Blends Phonics Practice Pack!