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Syllable Clapping: tomato

Children clap, count, and compare the beats they hear in everyday words.

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Syllable Clapping: tomato

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Today I am practising: hearing syllables in spoken words

1

Say tomato and clap each syllable.

2

How many beats do you hear in tomato?

3

Draw one box for each syllable in tomato.

4

Write tomato with a dash between each beat.

5

Name another word with the same number of syllables as tomato.

6

Use tomato in a sentence and clap it again.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

For the grown-up

How to teach this page

  1. Step 1Tell your learner what this page practises.
  2. Step 2Read the prompt aloud once, then give space to think.
  3. Step 3Ask what they noticed and celebrate the strategy.