Phoneme Segmentation Children learn to count the number of sounds in words. The teacher chooses a short word. I guess we'll have to chop it up. Use of a puppet is quite effective here for gaining the children's undivided attention. Donna Leffel suggests making a sock puppet that looks like a ninja with pom pom eyes and wild hair.
Teacher makes chopping motions with hand or puppet and orally breaks apart the word or name.
Teacher asks the children to join in the chopping of the name. Lets say it together. First we'll give the Hi Ya signal, then chop the word. Now let's find out how many sounds are in Kara's name. Children and teacher break apart Kara's name in unison and count the sounds.