RHYME AWARENESS ACTIVITIES



RHYME AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

Identify Words that Rhyme

Age: Preschool-Kindergarten

1. Matching Pictures

Find pairs of pictures that rhyme. Place one set of pictures in a container and all of the rhyming pairs in another container. Have the children draw out two pictures (one from each container) and ask them if the two words rhyme. If they don’t, continue pulling out pictures from the second container until the child finds a matching rhyme. Continue with all remaining cards.

2. Which One Does Not Belong?

Show three consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pictures/words (e.g., “cat, log, dog”). Tell the children, “Two of these words rhyme, one does not rhyme. Can you tell me which one does not rhyme with the others?”

3. Hopscotch

Draw a hopscotch board on the floor with masking tape, or with chalk if you’re outdoors. Tape or place pictures in each square. Have the child toss a beanbag on a square, hop to that square and then say what’s in the picture. You read another word (sometimes a rhyming word, sometimes not) and ask the child if it rhymes or not. If they answer correctly, they get another turn. If you have a group of children, have them take turns.

4. Mark the Match

Using the worksheet provided, have the child focus on one row of pictures. Using the KEY, say a word that rhymes with one of the pictures and ask the child to mark the one that it rhymes with (e.g. pictures of “pen, bell, and cat.” Say the word “hat” and the child correctly puts a marker chip on the “cat”).

5. Rhyming Word Sit Down

Have the children walk around in a big circle taking one step at a time while a rhyming word is said by the teacher. When the teacher says a word that doesn’t rhyme, the children sit down.

6. Sing “A-Hunting We Will Go”

~ A-Hunting We Will Go

~ A-Hunting We Will Go

~ We’ll catch a fox

~ And put him in a box

~ A-hunting we will go

After the rhyme has been learned, ask the children to pick out the rhyming words. Encourage them to think of other animal names that they could use in their rhymes. Some examples might be frog-log, pig-dig, cat-mat, goat-boat, fish-dish, snake-lake, whale-sale, bear-chair. For each new animal, create a new verse:

~ We’ll catch a whale

~ And put him up for sale

~ We’ll catch a bear

~ And put him in a chair

7. Willaby Wallaby

In this game, the teacher sings and uses the students’ names to complete the rhyme:

~ Willaby Wallaby Wusan,

~ An elephant sat on Susan.

~ Willaby Wallaby Wark

~ An elephant sat on Mark.

-Tip: As the children catch on to the rhyming pattern, they can generate the rhyme using other names.

8. Squirrel in a Tree

One child is “it” and wears a picture of a fox. Her job is to catch a squirrel that is not in its tree. The rest of the children are divided into two groups. Half of the group are trees and are given pictures of things that rhyme with another picture that is worn by the other half of the group, the squirrels. The trees are stay put in various parts of the room and the squirrels must find their matching tree before the fox catches them. The leader starts the game by saying, “The fox is coming, you should go to your tree!” The squirrels begin to run and then the leader says, “The fox is here!” The fox then runs to catch any squirrel not in a tree. If she catches one, that squirrel is the fox for the next game. Trees become squirrels and vice-versa and the game is played again.

- Tip: Use clothespins to attach pictures to shirts.

9. Couplet Rhymes

Select songs that use couplets, such as the traditional song “This Old Man,” to make the rhymes more obvious to the children. After singing two lines, have the children identify the rhyming pair of words. As an extension of this activity, these words can be printed on index cards (1-10) with corresponding pictures from the song. Have the children match the rhyming pairs of cards.

~ This old man, he played one,

~ He played knick-knack on my thumb.

Chorus:

~ With a knick-knack paddy-whack,

~ Give a dog a bone.

~ This old man came rolling home.

Additional Verses:

~ Two, shoe ~ Seven, ‘til eleven

~ Three, knee ~ Eight, gate

~ Four, door ~ Nine, spine

~ Five, hive ~ Ten, once again

~ Six, sticks

Produce Words that Rhyme

Age: Preschool-Kindergarten

1. Nursery Rhyme Time

Have the children listen to and recite nursery rhymes. Talk about the rhyming words and how they sound the same. Mention that they rhyme because the ends of the words sound the same. After the children are familiar with a particular nursery rhyme, recite the rhyme but leave off the rhyming word. Have the children fill in the missing word.

2. Active Reading

Read stories with rhymes. Talk about the rhyming words and how they sound the same. Mention that they rhyme because the ends of the words sound the same. Recite the rhymes yourself, leaving off the rhyming word. Have the children fill in the missing word.

- For a list of books, go to:

3. Engine and Caboose

Introduce the concept of producing rhyming words with train engines and caboose pictures or objects. Explain that when you make rhyming words, the caboose will always stay the same but the engines will be different. Pick a sound for the caboose (e.g., “at”) and place many different engines in front to make rhyming words (e.g., h-, m-, c-).

4. “I Spy”

Start the activity by sitting with the children in a large circle. Provide the children with a sentence containing two rhyming words, e.g. “I spy a chair and a bear.” The first object name is something in the room and the second object name doesn’t have to be visible in the room. Have the child on your right create her own “I Spy” sentence. You may want to place objects around the room that are easy to rhyme so you can point them out to the children if they need suggestions.

5. Mystery Objects

Place several small objects in a covered basket. The teacher reaches into the basket and says, “It starts with /f/ and rhymes with ‘dish.’ The children raise their hands when they know what the mystery object is. The teacher continues to pull mystery objects out and give rhyming clues. As the children become more experienced, they may be able to give the clues to their peers.

- hat (cat) - bear (hair)

- mug (rug) - soap (rope)

- key (bee) - candle (handle)

- pen (hen) - frog (dog)

6. Fill in the Blank

Choose a book that contains many rhyming words in it and read it to the children. When you get to the end of the sentence, pause and have the children raise their hands and give the correct rhyming word to complete the sentence. Offer opportunities for the children to make up silly sentences using other words that rhyme but don’t make sense. Continue with the rest of the book until all the children have had opportunities to rhyme.

7. Sing Along

~ I know two words that rhyme,

~ I can say them all the time,

~ _________ and ___________

~ I know two words that rhyme.

8. Sing Along II

Sing “We Can Rhyme” to the tune of “Three Blind Mice.”

~ We can rhyme. We can rhyme.

~ Listen to the words. Listen to the words.

~ ______ rhymes with ______ and ______

~ ______ rhymes with ______ and ______

~ ______ rhymes with ______ and ______

~ We can rhyme. We can rhyme.

Choose your own words to fill in the spaces. Students may choose rhyming words (pictures) that you provide or, when they are more experienced, provide their own words.

9. Beanbag Toss

Lay picture cards out on the floor. Have each child throw a beanbag onto one of the cards. Generate, or come up with as many rhyming words (or non-sense words) as you can for each picture.

10. “Did You Ever See?”

Sing the following lyrics to the tune “If You’re Happy and You Know It.”

~ Did you ever see a (cat) in a (hat)?

~ Did you ever see a (cat) in a (hat)?

~ No, I never, no, I never, no, I never, no I never,

~ No, I never saw a (cat) in a (hat).

Repeat with duck/truck, dog/log, ring/swing, rake/cake, or any other rhyming pairs. After singing these verses, challenge the children to come up with their own rhyming pairs to create new verses.

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