Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning

Play rhyming word games, like making up new verses to familiar songs or rhymes or replacing familiar rhymes with silly ones, e.g., “Humpty Dumpty,” “Gumpty, Numpty.” Use words from a story you have just read aloud. Ask children to listen to pairs of words and determine if they rhyme, e.g., “house/mouse” or “cook/clean.” Clap hands to segment words in sentences, syllables within ... ................
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