Syllable Game
Make syllables stick with this engaging, hands-on syllable game that gets students listening, clapping, and sorting!
Learning to break words into syllables is a crucial skill for reading and spelling, and this syllable game makes the process genuinely enjoyable. Students listen for syllable beats, sort words by syllable count, and build phonological awareness in a way that feels like play rather than work. A brilliant addition to literacy rotations, word study sessions, or phonics groups.
It's the kind of activity students ask to do again — which makes your planning easy!
Why teachers love it:
- Phonological awareness focus — develops students' ability to hear and segment syllables in words
- Hands-on and engaging — game format keeps students motivated and actively learning
- Literacy rotations ready — works perfectly as a small group or partner activity
- Reusable — laminate the cards and use them year after year
Perfect for:
- Prep, Foundation, and Year 1 phonological awareness programmes
- Literacy rotations and guided reading groups
- Early intervention and phonics support sessions
- Partner and small group literacy activities
- Syllable counting and sorting practice
What's included:
A printable PDF syllable game with picture cards and sorting materials to support syllable counting and phonological awareness development.
Clap it out, sort it out — syllables have never been this much fun!
Teaching syllables in Prep?
Our syllable activities guide has ten games and movement ideas to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
OUR HAPPINESS GUARANTEE
We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
