Identifying if Two Words Rhyme:
Listening Activities:
- Start with a bunch of activities where you’re just pointing out that words rhyme
- Say this: “cat…hat….those words rhyme, they both end in ‘at’….cat…hat”
Identification Activities:
- Once the child has listened to many examples, have the child start telling you if they do or don’t rhyme
Activity Ideas (for either):
Easter Egg Rhyming Words:
http://leisurelanelegers.blogspot.com/2010/04/having-fun-reading-using-word-eggs.html
Rhyming Cups:
http://totschool.shannons.org/rhyming-cups/
Rhyming Posters:
http://thekindergarden.blogspot.com/2011/05/animal-fun.html
Coming Up with a Rhyming Word:
- Start with a word ending and then help the child add different sounds to the beginning to decide if it makes a real word or a made-up word
http://www.kidscount1234.com/literacy.html
- Then, let the child use letter tiles to come up with rhyming words and make lists of words that go into different word families
http://www.3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-cvc-word-family-ladder-printables/
- Then, take away the letter tiles and have the child try to come up with words from the list they just created from memory
