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Help Wordblender
make words by choosing a start sound (onset) and an end
sound (rime) to blend together. Wordblender will tell
you if you're right or not. You might even be able to
make some new words that don't exist!
At the end of the game you can print out a sheet which
includes your name (if it has been entered in the Teacher's
Control Panel) and a list of all the words that you
made.
Blender will be learning lots more new words and sounds
to play with, so be sure to come back soon!
The game provides practice at spelling and discriminating:
- consonants and consonant clusters at the start and
end of words
- medial short and long vowel sounds
The panel is accessed from the main start screen once
loading is complete. The
player's name may be entered and will appear on the
printed sheet at the end of the game.
Selecting a cluster
The game can be configured to focus on specific start
and end clusters. Selecting more clusters will produce
greater variation over a series of games, although Wordblender
does know enough words to offer some variety of play
while focussing on a single cluster.
Levels
Wordblender can be played at 3 different levels of difficulty.
A single game will feature a maximum of 9 real words,
including 2 or 3 featuring the focus sound plus the
following distractors:
| Level
1 - |
some
simple CVC words (where possible) |
| Level
2 - |
words
with related blends, digraphs and end blends |
| Level
3 - |
more
complex start and end blends, 3 letter blends, blends
with digraphs, irregular words etc. |
By default the
game will play with the 'progressive' level setting: starting
at level 1, each new game will be automatically set one
level up from the previous game. Entering a new name in
the name box will reset the next game to level 1.
Note - to stop a game at any time use the 'restart'
button concealed beneath the BBC logo at the top left.
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The game will launch in this window with site navigation
available and some playing instructions. |
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The game
will launch in a new 'full screen' window that has
no site navigation or instructions. For users of
Internet Explorer 4 (or higher) the window will
automatically fill the whole screen. This mode may
be less confusing for children who could otherwise
accidentally leave the game by clicking on a link
to another part of the website or on another window
on the computer. There is a hidden 'close' button
in the top right hand corner - alternatively, press
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To
play this game
you need the
Flash 4 player installed.
If you
do not already have it you can download the plugin free from
here.
You will need a 'multimedia' computer (with speakers or headphones)
to hear the words Wordblender is
trying to make.
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