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Syllables - question for teachers

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Shattereddreams · 22/02/2013 20:36

We read a book on Oxford owl, the activity at the end was about syllables.
I felt I explained it poorly to DD but she absolutely grasped it. Now she's singing and talking in exaggerated syllables. Funny and cute so everyone has joined in.

When is this usually covered in primary school? I'm a bit worried it will interfere with sounding out phonics. She's in yr 1.

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mrz · 22/02/2013 20:40

We start teaching syllables in nursery

mrz · 22/02/2013 20:41

Children will normally be familiar with clapping the syllables in their name and other words.

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Shattereddreams · 22/02/2013 20:47

I could hear her sounding out phonics in words and then switching to syllables for the same word. Maybe she just didn't know the word syllable Grin

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mrz · 22/02/2013 20:49

Our nursery teacher calls them "claps" we don't introduce the word "syllable" until reception.

mrz · 22/02/2013 20:50

It's really useful to teach her to sound out the syllables in longer words then put them together.

Kithulu · 22/02/2013 20:53

I have recently been working in year 1 and we just started to look at syllables.

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Shattereddreams · 22/02/2013 20:59

Phew. Thanks! 'twas only a mild panic that I had inadvertently taught her something confusing.

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mrz · 22/02/2013 21:08

It's much easier to read oct/o/pus or butt/er/fly

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