Syllables

Rory learned about syllables tonight and how to "clap" them. It started as a totally off hand comment from me, and turned into a 30 minute lesson!
He was trying to say "anenome," but kept adding an extra sound. And he was getting frustrated. So I said, "A-NE-NO-ME. Four syllables." The questions started immediately...what's a syllable, how do you know how many there are, how many syllables are in this and that, and the other? So we started clapping to count them out, and after the first couple of words, he had it down! He even got "helicopter," "ultimate digger truck," and "killer whale!" LOL