Syllable Puzzles
Most adults can probably remember watching as a child a television program where characters in the show would slide letters of a word slowly together while saying the sounds each letter makes. As the letters slid closer together, the letter sounds were produced more quickly. When the letters were finally together, the word the letters made would be pronounced.
Once children have discovered the sounds connected with the letters of the alphabet, you can take learning about syllables to the next level, as well, using a similar activity.
Begin by gathering pictures of common things a child would know. These pictures could be out of a magazine or simply printed off of your computer using clip art. Be sure to find pictures of varying numbers of syllables, such as a rabbit, a banana, and a fish. Include several of each number of syllables.
Now cut your pictures into however many pieces as there are number of syllables. For example, a picture of a banana would be cut into three pieces, whereas a picture of a fish would not be cut at all, instead leaving it as one piece.
Write the syllables on the pieces so that, when the puzzles are put back together, each word chunk could be said to form the word. The word banana would have “ba” on one piece, “na” on another, and “na” on the last piece. It is okay if the pieces do not read from left to right.
Now help your child put the pieces together. Point to each piece in order to say the words. Help her to discover that the number of pieces in the puzzle represents the number of syllables. You can clap out each word chunk as you say them together to help reinforce this concept.
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Written by Laura on June 13, 2011
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