Rhyming strings game

Just keep in mind that rhyming is a phonemic awareness skill, so rhyming activities should focus on how words sound. Use pictures or spoken words, rather than printed words, with these games. Rhyming bingo games can be purchased online or at local stores. Homemade bingo games work just as well and can be tailored to better meet the needs of the kids playing.

Use picture cards purchased or handmade , turned upside down, for this rhyming game. Children can play in small groups with their peers or with an adult, depending on their level of need.

Just like any memory game, the kiddos take turns turning over two cards. Have them say the words aloud, then help them to determine if those words rhyme. This really gives the children the chance to say rhyming words in a fun way. Related: Homemade Games for Kids. Once again, this is a game that can be purchased or homemade. Good rhyming puzzles use clear pictures that children can identify. A way to self-check is also important if the children are assembling the puzzles without assistance.

Encourage the children to say each word out loud so they can hear which sound the same at the end. More great rhyming activities involve picture sorts! Obviously, since this is about rhyming, the cards should be sorted based on their ending sounds. Children can sort the cards individually, with their peers, or with adult help. Picture sorts can be done a variety of ways — at a table or desk, on a large floor mat, in pocket charts, on Velcro or felt boards, etc.

Tape pictures to trains, trucks, or cars and have the kids drive the vehicles to the appropriate rhyming picture. Have dolls and action figures hold pictures, then have the kiddos match up the pairs that rhyme. In this rhyming activity, the teacher hides illustrated rhyming cards around the room for the children to find.

The children need a pencil and a recording sheet each. They walk around the room searching for the hidden cards and when they find one, they write the word on their recording sheet next to a matching rhyming picture. You can download the pictures and a recording sheet for a Rhyming Write the Room HERE if you would like this activity already prepared for you. Cross the River. For this whole class rhyming activity, the children make 2 equal lines on either side of your carpet space.

The teacher gives each child a cvc picture card. While you are giving out the pictures, encourage the children to look at their picture and to tell a friend any matching rhyming words they can think of. The child with the matching rhyming picture jumps up and crosses the river by running across the river carpet space and finding an empty spot to sit on the opposite riverbank.

The game continues with the teacher saying matching rhyming words until every child has had a turn of running across the river.

My class just love playing Cross the River. Children are always up for a game that involves movement!! Rhyming Stomp. To play Rhyming Stomp, all the children sit in a circle on the floor. Rhyming pictures are randomly placed on the floor inside the circle. The teacher sits in the circle between any 2 children. The 2 children either side of the teacher stand. The teacher says a rhyming word for one of the pictures within the circle. The first child to race and stomp on the correct matching rhyming picture is the winner.

Both children return to their places on either side of the teacher. The winning child stays standing ready to compete against the next competitor. The next competitor is the child sitting right next to the losing child. This competitor stands and races against the current winner to find the next matching picture for the word said by the teacher. The game continues around the circle until everyone has had a turn and you have the grand champion. Snowball Fight.

You will need to print pictures of rhyming words onto paper. Each child is given a picture to crumple up into a snowball. After about 30 seconds of snowball fighting, signal the children to stop and open the closest snowball to reveal their rhyming picture.

Each child must then find their rhyming partner. These rhyming snowballs can be reused. You will definitely want to reuse them because the children will love playing this game. It is a regular favourite in our classroom.

Rhyming Clip cards. Clip cards have a large picture on the top of each card and three smaller pictures below. The children peg a clothespin onto whichever bottom picture they think is a match and rhymes with the large top picture. To make the cards self-correcting, place a mark or small sticker on the back of each card to highlight the correct answer. When children peg on their clothespin, they can flip the card over to see if they are correct.

This activity is ideal for independent work or explicit teaching in literacy groups and can also be added to busy bags, literacy centers or investigation areas. You can download this engaging hands-on activity HERE in my store. This product includes 36 illustrated CVC rhyming playing cards and printable instructions explaining how to play 6 easy card games to teach your students all about word families and matching rhyming words.

This is a simple game children enjoy. You simply need a few sets of illustrated word family cards. Display 3 cards to the children. Two of the cards from the same word family rhyming and one from a different family non-rhyming. The children say the one which is not rhyming and not like the others. These can be the same cards used in the matching rhyming words activity. One of the smaller pictures rhymes with the larger picture and two are rhyming oddities. The children peg a clothespin onto whichever bottom picture does not rhyme with the large top picture.

To make the cards self-correcting, place marks or small stickers on the back of each card to highlight the correct answers. You can download a set of 32 rhyming clip cards HERE in my store. This fun game is one used to identify rhyme but can also be used to teach children to find the rhyming oddity. To play, you will need some rhyming picture cards and 2 fly swats.

Two children take a fly swat each and listen for the teacher to say a word. The child to splat a correct picture first keeps the fly swat for another turn. Rhyming Jump.

Place pictures from the same word family in a line on the floor. Every now and then, in the line, add a few pictures which are not part of your chosen word family.

The children jump on each picture in the line which is part of the rhyming word family but must jump over all those which do not belong. Incorporating movement into your literacy lessons is not only so much fun but it also helps young children activate their brain and strengthen neural pathways.

When it comes to teaching rhyme production, read-a-louds are my go-to resource. Choose a rhythmic rhyming book to read aloud to the children. If you are looking for inspiration, there is a list of 79 kindergarten and preschool rhyming books HERE. As you read the story, pause at the rhyming words to give the children the opportunity to predict and produce the rhyming word. You will be developing a love of reading, but also teaching rhyme production.

The Name Game. This is an easy to play game which children love. A different font? Available in a Microsoft Word format so you can edit it yourself? Spotted an error that needs fixing?

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