3 Syllable Food Words

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.

banana

ba-nana

broccoli

broc-coli

cucumber

cu-cum-ber

pineapple

pineap-ple

potato

pota-to

spaghetti

spaghet-ti

strawberry

straw-ber-ry

tomato

toma-to

Food words with other syllable counts

Practice these words

Turn this list into a game: Syllable Star Quest for counting practice, or print a matching worksheet.