Martha Stewart's grandchildren are advanced. According to the entertaining mogul, her daughter Alexis's toddlers, Jude, 3, and Truman, 2, are already quite the linguists. Sections
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation uttered without interruption, loosely, a single sound. All words are made from at least one syllable. Monosyllables are words that have have only one vowel sound; polysyllables have more than one. If a syllable ends with a consonant, it is called a closed syllable. If a syllable ends with a vowel, it is called an open syllable. Patterns of syllables can be shown with C and V (C for 'consonant', V for 'vowel'). Closed syllables are often shown as CVC (such as got), and open syllables as CV (such as go).
All words have at least one syllable. A syllable is a unit of speech. For example, the word banana is broken up into three parts, or syllables, for each piece of sound you pronounce before you momentarily pause: ba -[pause]- na -[pause]- na. You can also use your hands to tally the syllables in particularly long words. 2  If using a metronome, pick a fast but steady tempo. 3  Most hit songs fall into the 120 beats-per-minute (BPM) range, suggesting that maybe most people appreciate sound at this speed.