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FREE Counting Syllables Printable Activity

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When I am creating activities for my daughter, I am always thinking ahead for new ways that the activity can be used. Not only am I trying to save money, but time as well. That is why this free Counting Syllables Printable Activity is so helpful – there are so many ways it can be used! These printables are great for learning syllables and word parts with Kindergarten and 1st grade students, or anytime you want something to grab for a quick review.

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Counting Syllables Printable Activity

When my daughter came home from school talking about syllables I was so excited. She’s only been in Kindergarten for 3 months and she’s already learning syllables? YES! It was so exciting for me, but also for her!

One of the simplest explanations for the purpose of syllables is to help kids break down words into ‘chunks. ’ This can help children sound out words and read faster, as well as more accurately. When children can break down words into syllables it helps them spell words more quickly, as well.

What’s Included?

This free printable packet includes four different pages for counting syllables.

Each page contains six different blocks. Each block includes an image, the word spelled out, and a space to answer how many syllables the word has.

Many kids can identify syllables before they can read the larger words. That is why I included a picture as well as the written word.

My favorite part of this activity is the variety of ways that it can be done!

Ways to Play

• Use them with marker pieces: We used buttons to mark the syllable number for each picture. The pages can be laminated to extend the life of the activity.
• Make clip cards: Cut each block out. Laminate each block and use a clothespin to clip the correct number.

• Turn them into a writing activity: A writing utensil can be used to circle or color the number that corresponds with the number of syllables. If the pages are going to be laminated, a dry erase marker could be used.

• Use a hole punch: Cut each block out and hole punch the correct number. (These reduced effort hole punches are great for younger kids, as others can be a bit tricky to squeeze.)

I created the printables in black and white to save some colored ink. Plus, it could be fun for the children to also color in the pictures as they do the activity!

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Six free syllable worksheets for kindergarten (and older children, too). You’ll have a structured and easy way to work on syllable knowledge.

These easy, print-and-go syllable worksheets for kindergarten help your child break words apart. They are also great for older struggling readers.

Hearing how words break into syllables is important for reading and spelling.

Once your child can read words like cat and fin, they can also read the word catnip or muffin. But first, they need to understand that words in English are made of syllables.

This also helps children learn to spell and write big words. If they have been taught to say big words out loud to themselves to count the syllables.  So when a child wants to write “suddenly,” they can break it into manageable chunks: “sud,” “den,” and “lee.”

So check out these syllable worksheets for kindergarten and make sure to read all the tips about teaching syllables to your young learners.

Syllable Worksheets for Kindergarten

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At what age do kids count syllables?

Before we get to the worksheets, let’s address some FAQs about syllables. You might be wondering, “at what age do kids count syllables?”

Counting syllables is actually an early phonological awareness skill. So children as young as three or four can begin counting syllables.

You simply start saying words and modeling for your child how to count the syllables:

• Parent: Robot. Repeat the word “robot.”
• Child: Robot.
• Parent: We can break robot into two parts: ro-bot.

There are some easy hacks to teach your child how to count syllables.

What’s the easiest way to count syllables?

There are many ways to count syllables. Some popular and easy ways are to count syllables are:

• Clap the syllables
• Put your hand under your chin and count the drops
• Speak like a robot
• Hum the word

For children who are counting syllables orally, I like to put my hand under my chin. Each syllable must have a vowel and our chins drop when we say a vowel sound.

How do you explain a syllable to a five year old?

Five year old children in kindergarten can understand syllables.

You just explain that:

1. a syllable is a word part.
2. each syllable needs a vowel sound
3. most syllables also have consonant sound too.

Then give some examples. I like to use pets:

• Dog has one syllable.
• Hamster has two syllables.
• Parakeet has three syllables.

Free Syllable Worksheets

These can be used for readers in older grades who are still building those skills.  Some children in grades four and higher might find these worksheets baby-ish.

So try the free samples prior to buying.

• Counting Syllable Sorts
• Syllable Coloring
• Clapping the Syllables
• Syllable Counting
• Circle the Syllables
• Syllable Type Sorts

Syllables Sort Worksheet

On the counting the syllables worksheet, your child simply sorts by the number of syllables.

This is a cut-and-glue worksheet and it is created by theme. This helps your child develop vocabulary while also building syllable skills.

To use the syllables sort worksheet, you will:

1. Have your child cut off the bottom portion. If they don’t understand, you’re going to print two copies and show them with your copy.
2. Name the first picture. Say. “this is a worm. Repeat.”
3. Your child should say “worm.”
4. Say, “Put your hand under your chin and say ‘worm.’ Worm has one syllable because your chin drops once.”
5. Tell your child where to glue the piece under column 1.
6. Repeat with the rest of the words.
7. When your child is finished, encourage them to color in the children to build their fine motor skills. Learning to color in a small space is very important to develop little hand muscles.

Syllable Coloring Worksheets

In this syllable coloring worksheet, your child will follow the code to color. Each word has either 1 or 2 syllables.

To use this worksheet, you will:

• Say: “this is surf. Repeat surf.”
• Child: “Surf”
• Say, “How many syllables are in surf?” Model clapping, holding your hand under your chin, or talking like a robot.
• Child: “1”
• Say: “Yes and you color one syllable word green according to this code.”

These color-by-syllable worksheets are also sorted by phonics sounds. This particular worksheet has bossy r spelled with ur.

Clapping the Syllables Worksheet

In the clapping the syllables worksheet, your child will color in the correct number of clappings for syllables.

Just like with all these worksheets, you will need to name each picture for your child. They might not know what the picture represents. Plus to really get the benefit, they need to hear the word and repeat it back to you.

You can say something like this:

• Parent: This is a telescope. Repeat telescope.
• Child: Telescope
• Parent: Great. Let’s count the syllables by clapping together.
• Parent and child: (clapping) tel-e-scope
• Parent: How many claps was that?
• Child: Three.
• Parent: yes. Thank you!

These clapping worksheets are sorted by initial phonics sounds. It’s perfect to infuse more high level phonological awareness with phonemic awareness and phonics.

Syllable Count Worksheet

On this syllable count worksheet, your child simply colors in the numeral with the correct number of syllables.

Like all the other worksheets, say each word out loud for your child. Ask them to repeat the word.

Then show your child how to color in the correct number of syllables.

These worksheets are all thematic and based on early childhood curriculum topics.  One important factor for reading comprehension is vocabulary, and these worksheets help you introduce or reinforce vocabulary.

Circle the Syllables Worksheet

Circle the Syllables worksheet develops syllable discrimination. Your child will listen to the syllables in one word. Then your child will need to choose the word that has the same number of syllables as the first word.

This is one of the most advanced worksheets, and would be too hard for most of my kindergarten students. If you have a younger child or a struggling reader, plan to do this worksheet together.

These worksheets are sorted by phonics sounds. This syllable worksheet focuses on words with long i so it would be great for many first graders.

Syllable Types Sorts

These worksheets are designed to expose children to the six syllable types. When children can hear how words are broken into different types of syllables, they will be better prepared to read and spell them.

The six syllable types are:

• open
• closed
• magic e
• vowel team
• bossy r
• consonant-le

In this syllable worksheet, your child will name 1 and 2 words with an open syllable. That means the syllable ends with a vowel sound, or leaves it “open.”

Some open-syllable words are:

• me
• hi
• so

Then your child will determine if there are one or two syllables and glue them in the correct spot.

More Syllable Worksheets PDF

Hard truth: for most parents and children six free worksheets won’t be enough. A lot of parents will need more guidance to work on syllables with their children.

That’s because learning to read isn’t a natural process. Humans actually rewire their brains to learn to read.

If you find you need more worksheets to help your child or students develop their understanding of syllables, find more Syllable Worksheets in the Printable Parents’ Shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Each worksheet type is sorted either by a theme or phonics skills. This way it works into kindergarten and first-grade curriculum really easily.

The thematic worksheets develop background knowledge and vocabulary for children. The phonics skills reinforce whatever skill children are developing or reviewing. Phonemic awareness is most powerful when it is connected to phonics.

Check out these syllable worksheets in the Printable Parents’ Shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.

More Phonemic Awareness Resources

These posts will help your child and you develop better phonemic awareness:

• Phonemic Awareness Skills
• Phonemic Awareness Worksheets
• Rhyming Words Worksheets

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Methods for familiarizing preschoolers with a syllable, with the syllabic structure of a word 1. Name the methods for highlighting syllables in a word. 2. Select didactic games, exercises for the formation of skills on the topic "Syllable" (at least five)

Receptions familiarization of preschoolers with the syllable, with the syllabic structure of the word

1. Name the methods for highlighting syllables in a word.

2. Choose didactic games, exercises for the formation of skills on the topic "Syllable" (at least five)

Didactic games and exercises

for formation of the syllabic structure of the word in preschool children

Formation in children grammatically correct, lexically rich and phonetically clear speech, which makes it possible speech communication and preparing for schooling is one of the important tasks in the general system of work on teaching a child the native language in kindergarten and in family.

eliminate everything that interferes with the free communication of the child with the team. Important, so that children master their native language as early as possible, speak correctly, clearly, expressively. It becomes especially necessary for a child to have the right pronunciation of sounds and words when he begins to master literacy. The practice of speech therapy work shows that often in the foreground in preschool age, sound pronunciation correction is put forward and is underestimated the importance of forming the syllabic structure of words, and this is one of the reasons the occurrence of dysgraphia and dyslexia in schoolchildren.

Among the various speech disorders in children preschool age, one of the most difficult to correct is such a special manifestation of speech pathology, as a violation of the syllabic structure of words. This defect of speech development is characterized by difficulties in pronunciation of words. complex syllabic composition (violation of the order of syllables in a word, omissions or adding new syllables or sounds). Violation of the syllabic structure of a word is usually is detected during speech therapy examination of children with general underdevelopment of speech. As a rule, the range of these violations varies: from minor difficulties in pronunciation of words of a complex syllabic structure in conditions of spontaneous speech to gross violations when the child repeats two- and three-syllable words without consonant confluences even with the support of visualization. Deviations in playback syllabic composition of words can be manifested as follows:

1. Violation of the number of syllables:
- shortening of a syllable;
- omission of a syllable-forming vowel;
- an increase in the number of syllables due to the insertion of vowels.
2. Violation of the sequence of syllables in a word:
- permutation of syllables;
- permutation of the sounds of neighboring syllables.
3. Distortion of the structure of a single syllable:
- reduction of consonant clusters;
- inserting consonants into a syllable.
4. Assimilation of syllables.
5. Perseverations (cyclic repetition).
6. Anticipation (replacement of previous sounds by subsequent ones).
7. Contamination (mixing word elements).

Violation of the syllabic structure of words can persist in children with pathology of speech development for quite a long time, showing up whenever the child encounters a new sound-syllabic and morphological structure of the word [4].

The choice of methods and techniques of corrective work to eliminate this violation is always preceded by an examination child, during which the degree and level of violation of syllabic word structures. This will set the boundaries of the level available to the child, from which corrective exercises should be started.

This type of work is based on the principle a systematic approach in the correction of speech disorders and classification A.K. Markova [10], which distinguishes 14 types of syllabic structure of the word in ascending order degree of difficulty:

1. Two-syllable words from open syllables (willow, children).
2. Three-syllable words from open syllables (hunting, raspberries).
3. Monosyllabic words (house, juice).
4. Two-syllable words with a closed syllable (sofa, furniture).
5. Two-syllable words with consonants in the middle of the word branch).
6. Two-syllable words from closed syllables (tulip, compote).
7. Three-syllable words with a closed syllable (hippopotamus, telephone).
8. Three-syllable words with consonants (room, shoes).
9. Three-syllable words with a confluence of consonants and a closed syllable (lamb, ladle).
10. Three-syllable words with two consonant clusters (tablet, matryoshka).
11. Monosyllabic words with a confluence of consonants at the beginning of the word (table, closet).
12. Monosyllabic words with consonants at the end of the word (lift, umbrella).
13. Two-syllable words with two consonants (whip, button).
14. Four-syllable words from open syllables (turtle, piano).

Corrective work to overcome violations of the syllabic structure of words consists of the development of speech-auditory perception and speech skills. I built my work in two stages:

- preparatory; purpose of this stage - to prepare the child for mastering the rhythmic structure of the words of the native language;
- correctional; the purpose of this stage is the direct correction of defects syllabic structure of words in a particular child.

In the preparatory phase of , I did the exercises first on non-verbal and then verbal.

Exercise “Repeat the same way”

Purpose: to learn to reproduce the given rhythm.
Materials: ball, drum, tambourine, metallophone, sticks.
Course of the exercise: The speech therapist sets the rhythm with one of the objects, the child must repeat the same.

Exercise "Count correctly"

Purpose: to learn to count sounds.
Material: children's musical and noise instruments, number cards, cube with dots.
Course of the exercise:
Option 1. The child claps his hands (knocks the tambourine, etc.) as many times as dots fell on the die.
Option 2. The speech therapist reproduces sounds, the child counts them and raises the card with the corresponding number.

Exercise "Choose a scheme"

Purpose: to learn to correlate rhythmic pattern with his scheme on the card.
Material: cards with diagrams of rhythmic patterns.
Exercise progress:
Option 1. Speech therapist sets a rhythmic pattern, the child chooses the appropriate chart on the card.
Option 2. The child reproduces a rhythmic pattern according to a given pattern.

Exercise "Long - short"

Purpose: to learn to distinguish between long and short by the sound of the word.
Material: chips, long and short strips of paper, pictures.
Course of the exercise:
Option 1. The speech therapist pronounces the words, the child puts the chip on a long or short strip.
Option 2. The child names the words in the pictures and arranges them into two groups: to the long strip and to the short one.

At the corrective stage , work was carried out on verbal level with the obligatory "switching on" of auditory, visual and tactile analyzers.

Sound level exercises:

1. "Say sound A as many times as there are dots on the die. Say the sound Oh so many times How many times will I clap my hands.

2. "Find out what sound (a series of sounds) I uttered. Recognition by soundless articulation, pronunciation with voice.

3. Definition stressed vowel in stressed position (in a series of sounds).

Syllable level exercises:

- Pronounce a chain of syllables with simultaneous stringing of rings on a pyramid (building a turret from cubes, shifting pebbles or beads).
- "Fingers say hello" - pronouncing a chain of syllables with a touch on each syllable of the fingers of the hand with the thumb.
- Count the number of syllables spoken by the speech therapist.
- Name the stressed syllable in the chain of syllables heard.
- Memorization and repetition of a chain of syllables of different types.

Word level exercises:

Ball game words.
Material: ball.
Game progress: the child beats the rhythm of the word given by the speech therapist with the ball.