🔤 Foundational Skills: Counting Syllables (Kindergarten)

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Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words.

1. Clap the syllables in banana: ___

2. Clap the syllables in butterfly: ___

3. Clap the syllables in pencil: ___

4. Clap the syllables in elephant: ___

5. Clap the syllables in basket: ___

6. Clap the syllables in sunshine: ___

7. Clap the syllables in cat: ___

8. Clap the syllables in rabbit: ___

9. Clap the syllables in dinosaur: ___

10. Clap the syllables in umbrella: ___

Answer key: 1) 3 · 2) 3 · 3) 2 · 4) 3 · 5) 2 · 6) 2 · 7) 1 · 8) 2 · 9) 3 · 10) 3

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Free Kindergarten English worksheet (Common Core RF.K.2.b): count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words. Skill: Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words. Level: Kindergarten — also great for Reception / EYFS (UK) and Foundation (Australia).

For teachers: skills & standards

CCSS RF.K.2.b: Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words
Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words.

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