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Rhyming

Rhyming Basket:

Objects are placed in a basket (one object for each child present), and the basket is passed around the circle.  As each child gets the basket, say a word (What rhymes with fun) and they pull out the object that rhymes (fun).   In basket is a sun, fish, bat, car and cow.  You can use any objects that might go with your theme study unit.

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Rhyming Dice

Children take turns rolling the die.  When the die stops rolling, the child will look at the picture on top, and use a second dice with matching rhyming words to find a word that rhymes with the one that they rolled.

 

To make a dice, cover a small square box with bulletin board paper.  Use clip art and glue pictures to the sides of the box.

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Rhyming Word Songs

This rhyme helps children act out rhyming in a fun way.

Stand up in your group area.   Do the body rhyme.

The children will want to do this over and over.

Body Rhyme

Say go now touch your toe

Say neat now touch your feet

Say real now touch your heel

Say laugh now touch your calf

Say bee now touch your knee

Say high now touch your thigh

Say paste now touch your waist

Say yummy now touch your tummy

Say best now touch your chest

Say colder now touch your shoulder

Say twist now touch your wrist

Say sand now touch your hand

Say crumb now touch your thumb

Say check now touch your neck

Say pin now touch your chin

Say bear now touch your hair

When doing this rhyme with the children make sure you give them a chance to say the body part that rhymes before you finish the sentence. 

Do You Know Two Rhyming Words

Do you know two rhyming words

Two rhyming words

Two rhyming words

Cat, Hat are rhyming words

Rhyming words

They sound a lot a like.

Mat, Pat

Pig, Wig

Frog, Hog

Have the children come up with their own rhyming words and sing the Rhyming word song.

Hickory Dickory Dock

 

Hickory Dickory dock

The mouse ran up the clock

 

Hickory Dickory door

The mouse ran across the floor

 

Hickory Dickory air

The mouse ran under the chair

 

Hickory Dickory pouch

The mouse ran over the couch

 

Hickory Dickory fable

The mouse ran under the table

 

Hickory Dickory presser

The mouse ran over the dresser

 

Hickory Dickory poor

The mouse ran up the door

 

Hickory Dickory basset

The mouse ran in the closet

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