Food words work well for syllable lessons because every child can picture them. Great for snack-time clapping games and menu-writing exercises sorted by syllable count.
2 Syllable Food Words
apple
ap-ple
berry
berry
butter
but-ter
carrot
car-rot
carrot
car-rot
cherry
cher-ry
cookie
cook-ie
lemon
lemon
mango
man-go
melon
mel-on
muffin
muf-fin
noodle
noo-dle
onion
onion
pancake
pan-cake
pasta
pas-ta
pepper
pep-per
pizza
piz-za
pretzel
pret-zel
salad
sal-ad
sandwich
sand-wich
sandwich
sand-wich
sandwich
sand-wich
yogurt
yo-gurt
Food words with other syllable counts
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