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Letter N Sound: Hold and Blend Worksheet
Hold /n/ along each arrow, blend it with sounds from earlier days, then read an and man.
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Letter N Sound: Hold and Blend
7 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Put your finger at the start of the arrow. Say the sound all the way to the tip. Check the box when the line is done 3 times.
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About this worksheet
/n/ is a hum through the nose, with the tip of the tongue pressed up behind the top teeth. It's a sound you can hold for as long as your breath lasts, which makes it a good one for learning to blend: held sounds run into each other with no gap.
An arrow under a letter is a sound to hold for as long as the arrow runs; a dot is a sound to say once and stop. The page starts with /n/ on its own, joins it to sounds from earlier days, and ends on real words: an and man. It's day 2 of the 100-day kindergarten phonics sequence BrightPage prints, with one new sound a day after the first.
A worked example
Read man on the last line.
- Find man on the last line and put a finger at the first mark under it.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /mmm/ without a break.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /a/ (as in apple) without a break.
- Keep sliding and hold /nnn/ to the end of the arrow.
- Say it again at talking speed: man.
Answer: man
The common mistake
What it looks like: Adding "uh" to the end: "nuh" instead of /nnn/.
Why it happens: Most children learn sounds one at a time, and the "uh" sneaks in when a sound has to stand on its own.
How to fix it: Hum it. Hold /nnn/ with the mouth closed and the tongue up, and slide straight into the next sound without letting it go.
Ten minutes a day, on paper. We plan what comes next.
A printed page and a pencil. No screen, no login for your child. Snap a photo when they’re done: AI scores it, and what they missed comes back on the sheets that follow.
- Mon Letter N Sound: Hold and Blend
- Tue What they missed, back again
- Wed The next step, when they’re ready
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