Clap a Word

There are endless categories of pictures that could be provided for students to practice clapping into syllables.  Some common examples are: classmates names, animals, foods, school supplies.


Several variations on this activity are provided below:

A box in the center contains pairs of colorful gloves,
a variety of picture cards, and a recording sheet.
1) Students put on the gloves and pick a card.
2) They say the word, clap it.
3) Students then check their answer with the correct number written on the back of the picture. 

Florida Center for Reading Research provides this activity 
which recommends using cut-out hands attached to craft sticks to "clap it out."