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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 212S99.10.4 Activities to promote rhyme and syllable awareness(ELB. 108-109, Slide 282)%u2022 3 year olds may be:o Doing listening walks where they are encouraged to listen to environmental sounds.o Filling in rhyming words in repeated rhymes/chants.o Beginning to clap out syllables in their names or the names of TV characters. o Ask learners for other ideas they have tried and that have been successful.%u2022 4 year olds may be:o Clapping out syllables in everyday words or groups of words.o Practitioners drawing their attention to print linking to words,e.g. labels in the room or their name.o Playing rhyming games where they listen and find a matching rhyming word.o Ask learners for other ideas they have tried and that have been successful.%u2022 5 year olds may be: o Making their own rhyming words i.e.; silly soup. o Listening to groups of words that share the same sound e.g. all words that begin with %u2018s%u2019. o Being encouraged to look at sounds in simple written words with the individual sounds emphasised.o Ask learners for other ideas they have tried and that have been successful. %u2022 Please make sure that sharing books is included, especially rhyme books.%u2022 Refer learners to ELB. where there is a table of ideas for the different age groups.