WEBVTT 00:00:06.844 --> 00:00:07.862 Hi! 00:00:07.862 --> 00:00:08.992 OK everybody... 00:00:09.004 --> 00:00:11.026 The English language has many words. 00:00:11.026 --> 00:00:12.096 Like this. 00:00:12.096 --> 00:00:15.035 Ho! So many words! 00:00:15.035 --> 00:00:18.288 And every word can be split into parts. 00:00:18.288 --> 00:00:20.398 We call these parts syllables. 00:00:20.398 --> 00:00:22.081 Syllables! 00:00:22.081 --> 00:00:32.532 A word could have one, or two, or three, or four, or even more syllables. 00:00:32.532 --> 00:00:33.459 Syllables! 00:00:33.459 --> 00:00:36.155 Could a word have 1 million syllables? 00:00:36.155 --> 00:00:38.541 No, that is too many syllables. 00:00:38.541 --> 00:00:40.392 What about four syllables? 00:00:40.392 --> 00:00:42.047 Yes, I already said that. 00:00:42.047 --> 00:00:42.605 Ha! 00:00:42.605 --> 00:00:44.101 No more questions! 00:00:44.101 --> 00:00:45.046 Anyway! 00:00:45.047 --> 00:00:47.055 A syllable is like a beat. 00:00:47.055 --> 00:00:49.396 Do you know what a beat is? 00:00:49.396 --> 00:00:50.806 DRUMMER! 00:00:50.806 --> 00:00:52.999 Please play a beat. 00:00:53.558 --> 00:00:54.725 Thank you. 00:00:54.952 --> 00:00:56.218 That is a good beat. 00:00:56.218 --> 00:00:58.976 You can make a beat by clapping your hands. 00:00:59.003 --> 00:01:00.195 Get those hands up! 00:01:00.195 --> 00:01:02.114 Let's practice one beat. 00:01:02.114 --> 00:01:06.066 OK ready? Here we go: Clap! 00:01:06.577 --> 00:01:07.914 Ho ho! 00:01:07.914 --> 00:01:10.394 Now let's try it with some words. 00:01:10.394 --> 00:01:12.466 We will start with the easy ones. 00:01:12.466 --> 00:01:17.049 Words with one syllable - and therefore - one beat. 00:01:17.058 --> 00:01:20.708 The first word is dog. (Dog!) 00:01:20.942 --> 00:01:22.046 Dog. (Dog!) 00:01:22.046 --> 00:01:23.072 I SAID DOG! 00:01:23.072 --> 00:01:25.073 Ha ha! Good girl. 00:01:25.082 --> 00:01:31.640 Now everybody clap your hands to make one beat when I say the word "Dog". 00:01:31.709 --> 00:01:36.942 OK ready? Here we go: Dog. 00:01:37.591 --> 00:01:38.549 Dog. 00:01:39.295 --> 00:01:40.151 Dog. 00:01:40.652 --> 00:01:41.581 Dog. 00:01:41.922 --> 00:01:42.696 Dog! 00:01:42.777 --> 00:01:44.532 Dog! 00:01:44.532 --> 00:01:47.426 Hey! Good job. 00:01:47.426 --> 00:01:51.548 Next we will try a word with two syllables: 00:01:51.716 --> 00:01:53.473 Apple. (Apple!) 00:01:53.790 --> 00:01:55.226 Apple. (Apple!) 00:01:55.226 --> 00:01:56.917 I SAID APPLE! 00:01:57.003 --> 00:01:58.871 Ho! Thank you! 00:01:58.894 --> 00:02:03.078 The word Apple has two syllables - and therefore - two beats. 00:02:03.078 --> 00:02:08.362 It is kind of like it is split into two parts, like this. 00:02:11.643 --> 00:02:16.826 The first part is 'Ap' and the second part is 'ple'. 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. 00:02:23.044 --> 00:02:27.228 OK ready? Here we go: 00:02:27.298 --> 00:02:33.274 Ap-ple, Ap-ple, Ap-ple, 00:02:33.344 --> 00:02:37.476 Ap-ple, Ap-ple. Apple! 00:02:37.476 --> 00:02:42.012 Yay! Ho ho! You're doing great! 00:02:42.012 --> 00:02:44.444 Next we will try a word with three syllables: 00:02:44.444 --> 00:02:46.882 Ladybug. (Ladybug!) 00:02:47.004 --> 00:02:49.056 Ladybug. (Ladybug!) 00:02:49.056 --> 00:02:50.052 I SAID LADYBUG! 00:02:50.062 --> 00:02:52.139 Wow, that is a big ladybug. 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:56.809 The word Ladybug has three syllables - and therefore - three beats. 00:02:56.809 --> 00:03:02.014 It is kind of like it is split into three parts. 00:03:06.095 --> 00:03:14.014 The first part is 'La', the second is 'dy' and the third part is 'bug'. 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. 00:03:20.018 --> 00:03:24.249 OK ready? Here we go: 00:03:24.249 --> 00:03:30.008 La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug, 00:03:30.197 --> 00:03:37.386 La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug, La-dy-bug. Ladybug! 00:03:37.386 --> 00:03:39.168 Good job. 00:03:40.870 --> 00:03:44.858 And finally, we will try a word with four syllables: 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:47.398 Salamander. (Salamander!) 00:03:47.472 --> 00:03:48.969 Salamander. (Salamander!) 00:03:49.002 --> 00:03:50.257 I SAID SALAMANDER! 00:03:50.257 --> 00:03:52.900 Ho! Hi Salamander. 00:03:52.911 --> 00:03:57.069 The word Salamander has four syllables - and therefore - four beats. 00:03:57.078 --> 00:04:01.791 It is kind of like it is split into four parts. 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'. 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. 00:04:22.282 --> 00:04:26.318 OK ready? Here we go: 00:04:26.318 --> 00:04:39.003 Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der, Sal-a-man-der! 00:04:39.003 --> 00:04:42.003 Sal-a-man-der, Salamander! 00:04:42.003 --> 00:04:47.631 Ho! Yay! Superb! Wow! 00:04:48.042 --> 00:04:52.412 That's it for now! Until next time, see you later!