a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
Rhyme
Detectives - Tell the children that they will get to be detectives and
listen for words
that rhyme. You say a word, and
they put their pinkies up if they hear a word that rhymes with it. Pinkies down if it doesn’t
rhyme.
For example: Cat - hat (pinkies up), run - dog
(pinkies down).
Handy Rhymes
- Have children extend their arms as they say pairs of words
that rhyme. For example:
sun (extend right hand) - fun (extend left hand). As
they progress, the teacher says a word as
children extend their right hand.
Children say their own rhyming word as
they extend their left hand.
Rhyme Ball
- You will need a ball, beanbag, or other object to toss for
this game. Children sit or stand in a circle. The teacher says
a word and then tosses the ball to a child. As the child catches the ball, she must say a word that
rhymes.
Riddle Rhyme
Game - Let children make up their own rhymes in this game. First,
they choose an
object in the room. Next, they say
a word that it rhymes, along with another clue. For example:
“This rhymes with hair and it is something you sit on.” “This rhymes with look and it is
something you read.”
Nursery Rhymes
- Sing traditional nursery rhymes to tunes such as “100 Bottles
Pop on the Wall,”
“Yankee Doodle,” “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” and
”Gilligan’s Island.”
Nursery Rhyme
Websites – Visit these websites for other great activities with
nursery rhymes:
curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes
readwritethink.org enchantedlearning.com
literactive.com teachersandfamilies.com
mrsdiminnie.com
(Take home books.)