Count the Sounds

Jack Hartmann

This song is also available on Jack Hartmann's album Shake, Rattle n' Read.

Focus: Counting phonemes, segmenting sounds

Activity – Place our words, big and clearly, for children to see. Count the sounds along with the song. Point to each sound as we segment each word into its sounds. This skill can really help children figure out new words and strengthen their reading.

Chorus:
Use your fingers, one by one
Everybody let’s have some fun
I’ll say a word, then sound it out
You count the sounds, right out loud

Count the sounds in the word sun
S-u-n, s-u-n
There are 3 sounds in the word sun

Count the sounds in the word frog
F-r-o-g, f-r-o-g
There are 4 sounds in the word frog

Count the sounds in the work pig
P-i-g, p-i-g
There are 3 sounds in the word pig

(Repeat Chorus)

Count the sounds in the word stop
S-t-o-p, s-t-o-p
There are ___ sounds in the word stop

Count the sounds in the word rug
R-u-g, r-u-g
There are ___ sounds in the word rug

Count the sounds in the word bed
B-e-d, b-e-d
There are ___ sounds in the word bed

(Repeat Chorus)
You count the sounds right out loud!
You count the sounds right out loud!

OPEN VERSION:
Activity – Now, you use any word and sound it out (break-up the work into its different sounds). We suggest no more than four separate sounds. This activity can really increase your child’s ability to listen to the sounds that make up a word.

Chorus:
Use your fingers, one by one
Everybody let’s have some fun
I’ll say a word, then sound it out
You count the sounds, right out loud

Count the sounds in the word ___
_-_-_, _-_-_
There are _ sounds in the word ___

Count the sounds in the word ____
_-_-_-_, _-_-_-_
There are _ sounds in the word ____

(Repeat Chorus)

Count the sounds in the word ___
_-_-_, _-_-_
There are _ sounds in the word ___

Count the sounds in the word ____
_-_-_-_, _-_-_-_
There are _ sounds in the word ____

(Repeat Chorus)
You count the sounds right out loud!
You count the sounds right out loud!