Clap It Out: Counting Syllables #2

Clap to break words into syllables in this colorful worksheet! Students will be asked to find the number of syllables in words like cake, seven, and elephant. They’ll clap once for each syllable in the word, then color in the pictures to show the number of times they clapped. 

Use this worksheet to give preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders practice segmenting a word into syllables. This skill is a foundational skill that helps students break down and decode unfamiliar words as they are reading. It can also help students spell multisyllabic words. 

Find the other worksheets in this series here: Clap It Out: Counting Syllables #1 and Clap It Out: Counting Syllables #3.