Six pages for counting syllables, the beats of a word, read aloud. Children say each picture's name and clap it, then color a box for each clap or write the number, cut out pictures to sort by one, two or three claps, and listen as a grown-up says a word in parts (pen ... guin) to circle the picture it names. Every count was written by hand and checked against a count worked out from the word's vowels.
Clap each name together before children color: one clap for each beat, slowly. Some children feel the beats better with a hand under the chin: the chin drops once for each syllable.
Clap the names of everyone in the family, then the names of foods at dinner. Who has the most claps?
Syllable worksheets for clapping the parts of a word, from one-clap words like cat to four-clap words like alligator. Children color a box for each clap, write how many claps, sort pictures by their claps and put spoken parts together to name a picture.
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