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Syllables for Kids: Clap the Parts of a Word (Kindergarten English)

🎓 Kindergarten 📖 English ⏱️ 2 min 32 sec Age 5

Luna from DoodleBeez shows how to clap, count and blend the syllables in spoken words. Kids hear the difference between one part and two part words using fun animal and food examples. Common Core RF.K.2b.

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Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today we are going to clap words! Every word has beats called syllables. When we clap each beat, we can hear how many parts a word has.

Some words have just one beat. Listen. Cat. Dog. Sun. Clap once for each word. Cat. One clap. Dog. One clap. These are called one part words.

Other words have two beats. Listen. Rab, bit. Rabbit. Clap, clap! Ap, ple. Apple. Clap, clap! Pen, cil. Pencil. Clap, clap! These are two part words.

Here is a helpful trick. Put your hand under your chin and say the word slowly. Each time your chin drops, that is one beat. Try it with the word monkey. Mon, key. Two drops!

We can also put two parts back together. This is called blending. Listen. Sun and set. Sunset. Rain and bow. Rainbow. Cup and cake. Cupcake. Two parts make one word!

Let's sort some words. Fish has one beat. Tiger has two beats, ti, ger. Frog has one beat. Pizza has two beats, piz, za. Clap along with me as we sort them.

Now it's your turn. Clap the word basket. How many beats do you hear? Pause and try. Bas, ket. Basket has two beats, so it is a two part word!

Great job! Words have beats called syllables. Clap them, count them, or feel your chin drop, and blend the parts back together. Practice syllables in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!

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