Teaching syllables

Teaching syllables to children doesn't need to be an intensive experience. Check out some simple, no-prep activities for teaching kids about syllables.

Knowing how to count syllable is an important pre-reading skills for preschoolers and kindergarten students to master. Learn some simple strategies for teaching syllable counting and get resources to help students practice these skills.

How to teach the six syllable types in your classroom, & why it's important for your students' reading, writing, phonics instruction.

Is your child ready to read 2-syllable words? Great! Here are teaching tips for the most common early reading problems and fun activity ideas to keep your child engaged!

Syllable division rules show us how to break up a multi-syllable word into its syllable parts. There are six main syllable division "rules" to guide us.

If you’re working with your learners on counting syllables like I am, grab these Print and Play Syllable Games. They’re NO PREP and interactive. Looking for more? We have Print & Play Rhyming Games as well as a whole set of Print & Play Phonics Games! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free syllable games ... Read More about Print and Play Syllable Games

These syllables worksheets are a fun and simple way to have learners practice counting syllables in words. Looking for more syllable work? Check out our Interactive Syllables Pages or hop over to our syllable counting mats. *This post contains affiliate links. **The link to the free syllables worksheets can be found at the END of this post. Just ... Read More about Syllables Worksheets – Dot the Syllables

It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllabe words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a […]

I used to have the hardest time teaching students the difference between open and closed syllables. Finally I came up with a lesson that clicked for them and for me. First make sure your students know what a syllable is, have a strong foundation for vowels and consonants, and letter names. I start with a word like cat. I write it big on my white board. Then I say look at this word. How many vowels are in this word? one. If there is one vowel then how many syllables is this word? one Now we…