 When teaching syllables to young children, I like to model the picture of the word for instance This is pizza. I like to have the kids say the word with me pizza So let's count the syllables of pizza pizza. How many syllables? Two Then the children can either point to the number two or you could have a closed pen and clip it to the number two Let's try again This is the picture of a tomato. Let's say it. Tuh may toe. Let's let's count it out Tuh may toe. It has three syllables. So again, we would either point to the number three or you can clip it Working with syllables will help children. I art class accounting out syllables will help children learn to identify How many syllables are in a word?