English - Phonics and Alphabet - Syllables and syllabication - Breaking Words into Syllables
8 steps: (1) A syllable is a word chunk with ONE vowel sound. (2) Count vowel sounds (not vowel letters!) to find syllable count. 'cake'=1 (silent e), 'tiger'=2. (3) RULE 1 - Between two consonants (VC/CV): rab-bit, sis-ter, nap-kin. (4) RULE 2 - Before a single consonant (V/CV): ti-ger, mu-sic, ro-