Multiple Syllable Words Activities

Last week, I talked with a teacher who is having difficulty helping her students with phonics. The problem is the children do not fully understand the concept of syllables. All words have syllables. A syllable is a word or part of a word. If children can learn to count the syllables in one syllable words, then they can count the syllables in two or more syllable words. If children put their hands under their chin as they say the word, they can count syllables by seeing how many times their jaw drops. The teacher uses FlinkMake to create an interactive activity on the computer providing her children extensive practice with three syllable words. It takes only minutes to enter the twenty words and their audio files.


The interactive activity is graphical and engaging, with an appealing Flinkster character. Children hear a word and see the scrambled syllables for the word they hear. They must drag the syllables to the empty boxes to correctly spell the word. There can even be extra syllables to make the game more challenging. The teacher can make twenty words in minutes, providing the children with all the syllables problems they need.

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