Using LEGO to divide Syllables

I don’t know about your kids but mine love LEGO – from the duplo that they collected as toddlers and preschoolers to the now more complex sets and boxes of bricks that seem to have tripled the number of bricks that we have this year and the thing with my kids and I don’t know whether this is just them but they build to the instructions once and then the bricks get added to the boxes and from that point forward it’s invention city. Now both have moved on from the LEGO Duplo I really don’t want to get rid of it so we’re starting to use it in some learning activities. Today for our early elementary activity we’ve been working on syllables.

Materials needed

LEGO Duplo Bricks

Dry Wipe Marker

Learning Objectives

• Can divide words into syllables.
• Can read accurately words of two or more syllables.
• Can use syllables to divide words when spelling.

Using LEGO Duplo to divide Syllables

If you need to familairse yourself with words with 1, 2 and 3 syllables then a quick google search will bring up word lists. I used this to get a few words that we could use that we’re familiar and less familiar words.

We started out using the traditional clapping out the syllables as my eldest had been doing in school – making a noise with each new syllable is a good way to get into the habit of recognising the rhymn of words and where those syllables break in the words.

We then used the Duplo bricks to bash out the syllables which showed the number of syllables each word had.

The using a dry wipe marker we wrote the syllables onto the bricks for each word and built the words together.

More LEGO Learning Activities

LEGO Classification – Printable Diagrams from Life Over C’s

LEGO number line for Addition and Subtraction from In The Playroom

Hands-On Synonym Blocks Matching Game from Raising Little Superhereos

Spelling With LEGOS! from Preschool Powol Packets

LEGO Boat Engineering Challenge from Handmade Kids Art

Using LEGO to find Syllables from Rainy Day Mum

Area and Perimeter with Lego Duplos from School Time Snippets

Plural Nouns with LEGO from Still Playing School

Combinations of Ten Using Lego Figures from Lemon Lime Adventures

How to do an Lego Engineering Project for Kindergarten, First, or Second Grade from Thriving STEM

Estimating and Probability with LEGO from Planet Smarty Pants

Lego Bar Graphs for First Grade from Look We’re Learning

LEGO Irregular Verb Matching Activity for Second Grade from Sugar Aunts

Exploring Symmetry with a Lego Firefly from Crafty Kids at Home

Pick Two: A Fun LEGO Math Game from Creative Family Fun

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