Splish! Splash! Syllables!
When learning about syllables, some children may have a difficult time hearing the separations within the words. It may be that syllables are simply a difficult concept or, perhaps, that a child is not an auditory learner. In either case, it may help to be able to “see” the syllables. Try the following activity to help your child visualize the syllables within a word.
On a sunny, hot day, fill a container with water. Cut a kitchen sponge in half or even quarters. Then, find an open space outside with a surface you don’t mind getting wet. This could be a driveway, sidewalk, deck, patio, or even a wooden fence. Have your child place a sponge in the water and wring it out. The sponge is now ready to illustrate the syllables in a word.
Begin with short words that have only one or two syllables. Demonstrate for your child how to dab the sponge onto the surface one time for each syllable in the word. For example, if you were illustrating the word “puppy”, you would have two separate water marks from dabbing the sponge two times.
As your child masters the shorter words, move on to more difficult words comprised of more syllables. Be sure to leave enough space between “words” so that you are able to clearly see which marks you had intended on including for each word. (If you are cramped on space, you can use sidewalk chalk to draw a circle around each word’s markings.) Words will begin evaporating and space can be reused for new words.
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Written by BRWI Staff on May 10, 2010
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