The first level of hearing inside a word, and by far the easiest. Words break into chunks you can feel in your jaw.
You need: Nothing
Liv — one clap. Le-o — two. Ba-na-na — three. Do every name in the house, then everything on the dinner table. Walk it, stamp it, jump it.
You need: The syllable mat
She sorts real objects by how many claps their name takes. A pen (1) against a ba-na-na (3). Feeling the difference matters more than counting correctly.
You need: Nothing
You say "win-dow" in two pieces, she says the whole word. This is blending — just with chunks big enough to be easy. It is the exact skill she will need for sounds later.
Pouring her own water from a small real jug into a small real glass. Demonstrate slowly and silently, then hand it over and leave it alone. The cloth for spills is part of the material, not a punishment.
Walking a line — a rope or a chalk line on the terrace, heel to toe, carrying something. Balance and concentration in one.
Optional, and 30 minutes is plenty. Skip any stretch that is first-words repetition — she is well past it.
Clap along to the songs. Rhythm and syllables are the same skill wearing different clothes.
Press ⌘P — only the sheets below print, never this plan. A4, no scaling.
Sort first. Name it only once sorting is easy.
Week 1 — Syllables — the big pieces of words. One line a day is plenty. Write what she did, not what she got right.
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Week 1 — Syllables — the big pieces of words