1 00:00:06,844 --> 00:00:07,862 Hi! 2 00:00:07,862 --> 00:00:08,992 OK everybody... 3 00:00:09,004 --> 00:00:11,026 The English language has many words. 4 00:00:11,026 --> 00:00:12,096 Like this. 5 00:00:12,096 --> 00:00:15,035 Ho! So many words! 6 00:00:15,035 --> 00:00:18,288 And every word can be split into parts. 7 00:00:18,288 --> 00:00:20,398 We call these parts syllables. 8 00:00:20,398 --> 00:00:22,081 Syllables! 9 00:00:22,081 --> 00:00:32,532 A word could have one, or two, or three, or four, or even more syllables. 10 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:33,459 Syllables! 11 00:00:33,459 --> 00:00:36,155 Could a word have 1 million syllables? 12 00:00:36,155 --> 00:00:38,541 No, that is too many syllables. 13 00:00:38,541 --> 00:00:40,392 What about four syllables? 14 00:00:40,392 --> 00:00:42,047 Yes, I already said that. 15 00:00:42,047 --> 00:00:42,605 Ha! 16 00:00:42,605 --> 00:00:44,101 No more questions! 17 00:00:44,101 --> 00:00:45,046 Anyway! 18 00:00:45,047 --> 00:00:47,055 A syllable is like a beat. 19 00:00:47,055 --> 00:00:49,396 Do you know what a beat is? 20 00:00:49,396 --> 00:00:50,806 DRUMMER! 21 00:00:50,806 --> 00:00:52,999 Please play a beat. 22 00:00:53,558 --> 00:00:54,725 Thank you. 23 00:00:54,952 --> 00:00:56,218 That is a good beat. 24 00:00:56,218 --> 00:00:58,976 You can make a beat by clapping your hands. 25 00:00:59,003 --> 00:01:00,195 Get those hands up! 26 00:01:00,195 --> 00:01:02,114 Let's practice one beat. 27 00:01:02,114 --> 00:01:06,066 OK ready? Here we go: Clap! 28 00:01:06,577 --> 00:01:07,914 Ho ho! 29 00:01:07,914 --> 00:01:10,394 Now let's try it with some words. 30 00:01:10,394 --> 00:01:12,466 We will start with the easy ones. 31 00:01:12,466 --> 00:01:17,049 Words with one syllable - and therefore - one beat. 32 00:01:17,058 --> 00:01:20,708 The first word is dog. (Dog!) 33 00:01:20,942 --> 00:01:22,046 Dog. (Dog!) 34 00:01:22,046 --> 00:01:23,072 I SAID DOG! 35 00:01:23,072 --> 00:01:25,073 Ha ha! Good girl. 36 00:01:25,082 --> 00:01:31,640 Now everybody clap your hands to make one beat when I say the word "Dog". 37 00:01:31,709 --> 00:01:36,942 OK ready? Here we go: Dog. 38 00:01:37,591 --> 00:01:38,549 Dog. 39 00:01:39,295 --> 00:01:40,151 Dog. 40 00:01:40,652 --> 00:01:41,581 Dog. 41 00:01:41,922 --> 00:01:42,696 Dog! 42 00:01:42,777 --> 00:01:44,532 Dog! 43 00:01:44,532 --> 00:01:47,426 Hey! Good job. 44 00:01:47,426 --> 00:01:51,548 Next we will try a word with two syllables: 45 00:01:51,716 --> 00:01:53,473 Apple. (Apple!) 46 00:01:53,790 --> 00:01:55,226 Apple. (Apple!) 47 00:01:55,226 --> 00:01:56,917 I SAID APPLE! 48 00:01:57,003 --> 00:01:58,871 Ho! Thank you! 49 00:01:58,894 --> 00:02:03,078 The word Apple has two syllables - and therefore - two beats. 50 00:02:03,078 --> 00:02:08,362 It is kind of like it is split into two parts, like this. 51 00:02:11,643 --> 00:02:16,826 The first part is 'Ap' and the second part is 'ple'. 52 00:02:16,826 --> 00:02:23,044 Now everybody clap your hands and make a beat when I say each part of the word Apple. 53 00:02:23,044 --> 00:02:27,228 OK ready? Here we go: 54 00:02:27,298 --> 00:02:33,274 Ap-ple, Ap-ple, Ap-ple, 55 00:02:33,344 --> 00:02:37,476 Ap-ple, Ap-ple. Apple! 56 00:02:37,476 --> 00:02:42,012 Yay! Ho ho! You're doing great! 57 00:02:42,012 --> 00:02:44,444 Next we will try a word with three syllables: 58 00:02:44,444 --> 00:02:46,882 Ladybug. (Ladybug!) 59 00:02:47,004 --> 00:02:49,056 Ladybug. (Ladybug!) 60 00:02:49,056 --> 00:02:50,052 I SAID LADYBUG! 61 00:02:50,062 --> 00:02:52,139 Wow, that is a big ladybug. 62 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:56,809 The word Ladybug has three syllables - and therefore - three beats. 63 00:02:56,809 --> 00:03:02,014 It is kind of like it is split into three parts. 64 00:03:06,095 --> 00:03:14,014 The first part is 'La', the second is 'dy' and the third part is 'bug'. 65 00:03:14,049 --> 00:03:20,003 Now everybody clap your hands and make a beat when I say each part of the word Ladybug. 66 00:03:20,018 --> 00:03:24,249 OK ready? Here we go: 67 00:03:24,249 --> 00:03:30,008 La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug, 68 00:03:30,197 --> 00:03:37,386 La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug. Ladybug! 69 00:03:37,386 --> 00:03:39,168 Good job. 70 00:03:40,870 --> 00:03:44,858 And finally, we will try a word with four syllables: 71 00:03:45,340 --> 00:03:47,398 Salamander. (Salamander!) 72 00:03:47,472 --> 00:03:48,969 Salamander. (Salamander!) 73 00:03:49,002 --> 00:03:50,257 I SAID SALAMANDER! 74 00:03:50,257 --> 00:03:52,900 Ho! Hi Salamander. 75 00:03:52,911 --> 00:03:57,069 The word Salamander has four syllables - and therefore - four beats. 76 00:03:57,078 --> 00:04:01,791 It is kind of like it is split into four parts. 77 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:16,072 The first part is 'Sal' the second part is 'a', the third part is 'man', and the last is 'der'. 78 00:04:16,072 --> 00:04:22,282 Now everybody clap your hands and make a beat when I say each part of the word Salamander. 79 00:04:22,282 --> 00:04:26,318 OK ready? Here we go: 80 00:04:26,318 --> 00:04:39,003 Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der! 81 00:04:39,003 --> 00:04:42,003 Sal-a-man-der, Salamander! 82 00:04:42,003 --> 00:04:47,631 Ho! Yay! Superb! Wow! 83 00:04:48,042 --> 00:04:52,412 That's it for now! Until next time, see you later!