Multi-syllabic words are words that have more than one, and usually three or more syllables. They often present as difficult to say when your child is young and a syllable or two are left out. e.g., nana/banana.
If you tap out or clap the syllables with extra force on the stressed syllable, this often helps. This method uses a variety of senses, such as auditory, visual and tactile, and gives your child more then one way to process and recall every syllable in the word e.g., microphone.
You can stamp out the syllables, nod them or flap your arms, as movement also helps with learning.
You can use magnets to represent each syllable, cut words into parts, stack blocks into towers and roll dice to say multi-syllabic words with the amount of syllables shown.
Talking about the sounds can boost your child's ability to say and remember large words e.g., umbrella. What sound comes first? What comes first in the second syllable e.g., umbrella.
Focus too on vocabulary. Talk about what each word means and practice saying it out loud.
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