Syllables Check-Up

Parent says, “We are going to play a clapping game. I will show you how and then you will do it.”

Say the word, then clap out the syllables.

tell

telling

telephone

Read the word, have your child clap out the syllables, and then tell you how many syllables are in the word. Circle the ones your child gets correct.

1. dinner

2. house

3. together

4. apple

5. shoe

6. nobody

7. understand

8. sunshine

9. remember

10. cheese

11. Saturday

12. open

13. building

14. boat

15. hamburger