How to MASTER Open and Closed Syllables in 3 SIMPLE steps?

Open Vs. Closed Syllables. How to identify and how to read open and closed syllables?
Open and closed syllables are 2 of the most frequent syllable types that occur in English.
In this video you will learn what the differences between these 2 syllable types are, and why it is important to know about this distinction when we are learning to read.
In this video, we also take a look at some examples of typical open / closed word structures and learn how to divide syllables in these multisyllabic words.
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Examples of closed syllables are:
1-syllable words: cat, not, hot
2-syllable words with 2 closed syllables: napkin (nap - kin), picnic (pic-nic).
When a vowel is closed in by a consonant, it makes its short sound. When we are teaching our children to read, we can explain to them that the consonant is actually keeping that vowel sound closed and short.
Closed syllables account for almost 50% of the syllables. It is the most common syllable type in the English language.
An open syllable, on the other hand, is not closed in at the end by a consonant.
Examples:
1-syllable words: no, he, me
2-syllable words with 1 open / closed syllables: razor (ra - zor), vacant (va - cant)
When vowels stand on their own in a syllable, they are also considered open syllables in most cases. For instance: the ‘a’ in able (‘a-ble’), ‘a’ in apron (‘a-pron’) or just ‘a’, in the pronoun ‘a’ (‘a’ cat, ‘a’ dog).
When a vowel is not closed in by a consonant, we say that it is open. The vowel makes its long sound, in other words: it says its name.