 This is one way I teach counting sounds in words. I can show my students some object. I'm going to have them say the word. We're going to stretch the word out and then we're going to count the sounds on our chin. So if I showed them word bug. What is this? A bug. We're going to stretch it out. Bug. Say the sounds. Bug. How many sounds in the word bug? Three sounds in the word bug. Next one could be dog. So we're going to say the word dog. Stretch it out. Dog. Say the sounds. Duh. Uh. Guh. How many sounds? Three sounds in the word dog. I've also just find objects that I can use in the classroom. Like chair. Everybody say chair. Stretch it out. Chair. Sounds. Ch. A. Err. And that is how I teach counting sounds to my students.