{"id":8446,"date":"2017-05-05T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:46:45","slug":"today-going-talking-teach-child-read-using-syllables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/today-going-talking-teach-child-read-using-syllables\/","title":{"rendered":"How to teach your child to read using syllables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #31849b;\">Today we\u2019re going to be talking about how to teach your child to read using syllables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #31849b;\">I\u2019m Liz Dunoon and when my 3 children all experienced learning difficulties, I helped them to catch up at school with their reading and spelling and achieve success. As a qualified teacher who specialises in learning difficulties and literacy, I\u2019ve since taught 100\u2019s of kids to read and spell and catch up at school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><center><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\">Watch the video here or read more below<\/span><\/center><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8h1LyfCiGck?rel=0\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"> Syllables are the beat or the rhythm of words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">They can take any long word and make them into a series of shorter words, which are easier for your child to decode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Let me show you how this works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The word \u2018<strong>map<\/strong>\u2019 has one syllable \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>p<\/span> = 1<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The word \u2018<strong>carpet<\/strong>&#8216; has two syllables \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>r-p<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>t<\/span> = 2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The word \u2018<strong>manager<\/strong>&#8216; has three syllables \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>n-<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>-g<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>r<\/span> = 3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The word \u2018<strong>January<\/strong>&#8216; has four syllables \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">J<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>n-<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">u<\/span>&#8211;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ar<\/span>&#8211;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">y<\/span><\/span> = 4<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The word \u2018<strong>hippopotamus<\/strong>&#8216; has five syllables \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">h<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i<\/span>p-p<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o<\/span>-p<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o<\/span>t-<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span> m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">u<\/span>s<\/span> = 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">You can demonstrate syllables to a child by clapping words or beating a drum, but there is another way that\u2019s even better. Ask your child to rest the top of their hand under their chin. This way when they say the words they can feel the number of times their chin drops. This number will be the number of syllables in the word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Here is something else you need to know, so you can tell your child, &#8216;every syllable must have a vowel&#8217;. Let me say it again, &#8216;every syllable must have a vowel&#8217;. So that is &#8216;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">u<\/span>&#8216; or that tricky consonant that wants to be vowel \u2018<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">y<\/span>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Once your child knows these two things; how to break down the words into syllables and that every syllable must have a vowel, it makes decoding words so much easier for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">If your child is having trouble spelling words, it\u2019s a great idea to get them to say the word and see how many syllables it has before they try and write it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">I spoke to a young boy this week who was able to spell the word \u2018behaviour\u2019 for the first time simply by using this method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">If you think your child would benefit from learning how to read and spell using a multi-sensory method like this\u2026. Join me on my <strong>free webinar<\/strong> by clicking the link below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">You will learn how the English language can be broken down into small chunks and taught to struggling learners quickly and easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/webinar\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/banner-dark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><span style=\"font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/webinar\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #fe0000;\"><strong>Click here to register for the FREE webinar<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">You will also find out how to get educational posters, educational resources and so much more to assist your child\u2019s learning to help them catch up at school &#8230; fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">So we can keep in touch, please subscribe to my <strong>Youtube channel<\/strong> here as I\u2019d love to hear your comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5OEgpDyHGRYn34aB5ii17A\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17761321_120300002931073370_764033946_o.png\" alt=\"17761321_120300002931073370_764033946_o\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5OEgpDyHGRYn34aB5ii17A\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #fe0000;\">Click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Now it\u2019s your turn to think\u2026 Give me some a long word and tell me how many syllables it has \u2013 The longer the better&#8230; by leaving a comment below right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">See you soon,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Liz Dunoon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re going to be talking about how to teach your child to read using syllables. 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