I Clap the Beat: A Phonemic Awareness Reader — Syllable Segmentation - Softcover

Simms, Ebony

9798172793400: I Clap the Beat: A Phonemic Awareness Reader — Syllable Segmentation

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ISBN 13: 9798172793400

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

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One clap. Two claps. Three claps. That is how reading begins.
Before a child can read a word, she has to hear that a word comes apart. I Clap the Beat teaches syllable segmentation — the ability to hear and count the natural beats inside a spoken word — using the oldest teaching tool there is: a pair of hands.
Lani claps her way through words a child already loves. DOG is one clap. TUR-TLE is two. BA-NA-NA is three. Every page pairs a big, high-contrast word with a full-page illustration, so a child sees the word, hears the beats, and feels them at the same time.
Inside this book:

12 illustrated words building from one clap to three claps
Large, high-contrast print designed for young eyes and shared reading
Visual beat markers so a child can count what she just heard
A “Now It’s Your Turn” page that moves the skill to the child’s own name
A Note for Parents and Teachers with a four-step read-aloud method

Syllable segmentation is one of the earliest phonological awareness skills a child develops, and it lays the foundation for every reading skill that follows. A child who can hold a word still long enough to look inside it is a child getting ready to read.
Book 3 of 5 in the Decode to Read™ Level 1 series — five readers that walk a pre-reader from hearing sound to blending spoken words, the bridge to decoding print. Perfect for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, homeschool, speech and language practice, and bedtime.
From First Voice Press™, the early-literacy imprint of Inner Voice Publishing LLC, by author Ebony Simms.

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