Any longer word can be broken down into units, or syllables. Thus, in other words, every long word (rarely short ones) is made up of syllables. The important part to note is that each of the syllable will have at least one vowel in it.
Considering few examples:
Stand – has one syllable (monosyllabic)
Un-der : has two syllables (bisyllabic)
Un-der-stand : has three syllables (polysyllabic)
Mis-un-der-stand : has four syllables (polysyllabic)
Each syllable is , on its own, quite easy to read. But how can you tell how many syllables there are in a word?
An easy way to work out syllables for you and your child to try is as follows :
Put on hand firmly under your chin. When you say a word, your chin will come down once for each syllable. Say “seal”. Your chin comes down once, so seal has one syllable.
“Ti-ger” has two syllables. “Chim-pan-zee” has three syllables. “Rhi-no-cer-os” has four syllables.
You can work with comparatively smaller words too. Example : “In-to”, “car-pet”, “mar-ket”, “sis-ter”, “pa-per”.
There are lots and lots of words that can easily be worked out, once you understand how letters are put together into units and then built up into words. And, this will also be useful for spellings.
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