The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard In the English language, spelling and pronunciation have a funny relationship. How we write a word and how we say ...

Last week, we looked at two kinds of poems, the cinquain and the diamante or diamond poem. We explored parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with poems. Many of you wrote to us and ...

How many syllables are in your name? You probably already know off the top of your head, but count them anyway. I have six. Most of us do the same thing when we're counting. Putting more weight than ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hi everyone. My name is Oliver, and today we're learning about syllables! Today our learning intention ...

A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example, the word 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but the word 'door' had just one ...

Simplify your phonics instruction with my comprehensive Guide to Syllable Types, designed specifically for Key Stage 1 teachers. This invaluable resource breaks down the different types of syllables ...

Do you say car-a-mel or car-mel? Is your “fire” closer to fah-yer or fayr? There is a group of words in English that can be pronounced with two different syllable structures, depending on dialect, ...

A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example, the word 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but the word 'door' had just one ...