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Syllable Stomp
Hearing the beats in a word: how many stomps in koala? · ages 3-6
1. Warm-up, 5 minutes
Clap your names in beats around the circle: Ol-i-ver (three), Sam (one). Then stomp them.
2. The game, on the projector
The whole class stomps the animal's name together, counting the stomps, before a helper taps the footprints.
Projector mode is the game with ?projector on the end of its address. It's big and landscape, a win waits for you to press Next, and nothing is saved on the computer: no progress, no animal cards, no login.
3. Away from the screen
Stomp sort: each group sorts picture cards into one-, two- and three-beat piles.
Questions to ask
- How many stomps in your name?
- Which animal has the most stomps?
- Can you clap it instead of stomping?
Curriculum
- AC9EFLY09: recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)
- AC9S1U01: identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs
- AC9SFU01: observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features
- EYLF 5.1: Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
More detail, and every word it says: the page for grown-ups.