Your Child Will Learn
How to identify two words that rhyme
Here’s What to Do
- Cut out 4-8 picture examples of words that will rhyme from magazines, newspapers, and junk mail ads (or, find rhyming objects from around your home, like: a toy cat and a hat, a toy car and a jar, a rag and a bag, a pan and a can).
- Put the pictures/items in a bowl and ask your child to take out 2 at a time.
- Ask your child if the words rhyme. If they do, it’s a match! Put them aside. If the words don’t rhyme, return them to the bowl. Keep picking 2 pictures until your child finds a rhyming match.
- Repeat until all the rhyming matches have been found.
Put PEER Into Action
PAUSE
- Breathe, be calm, and have fun with this game!
ENGAGE
- “Pick two pictures. Okay you have a dog and a ball. Do dog and ball rhyme?”
- “I think we already saw a picture of a word that rhymes with dog. Dog, dog. What makes the same sound as dog? Can you find the picture?”
ENCOURAGE
- “Hmmmm…. let’s say the words out loud. Cat. Can you hear the “at” sound at the end? Can. That has an “an” sound at the end. So those two don’t rhyme. Let’s try again!”
- High five, hug, or do a dance when your child correctly identifies a rhyming pair.
REFLECT
- Ask your child to explain how they know when the words of 2 picture examples rhyme
Not Quite Ready
Make the matches yourself, then ask your child to repeat the rhyming words out loud.
Ready for More
Ask your child to make up a pretend word that rhymes with one of the picture words.
As Your Child Masters This Skill
They will identify when two words rhyme.
Time to Complete
10-15 minutes
Materials Needed
Bowl, scissors, magazines, newspapers, junk mail ads (or rhyming objects from around your home, like: a toy cat and a hat, a toy car and a jar, a rag and a bag, a pan and a can)