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Even More Rhyming Activities for Kids

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Even More Rhyming Activities for Kids

As promised, I have even more rhyming activities for kids today!  Yesterday, I touched on simple rhyming activities that are easily adapted to meet the needs of rhyming kiddos.  Today, I’m going to delve into specific ideas.

The Rhyming Series:
1. Why is teaching rhyming important?
2. Introducing rhyming to children
3. Rhyming books and songs for children
4. Rhyming activities for children
5. Even more rhyming activities for kids

Even More Rhyming Activities for Kids

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HIGH-FIVE FOR RHYMING
This is a sweet and simple rhyming activity I came up with recently.  Glue rhyming pictures onto hand prints (use hand print die cuts or have children use paint to make hand prints).  Place the rhyming hand prints near a doorway, making sure they’re near the children’s eye levels.  As the children are exiting that doorway, they choose one rhyming pair to say out loud and “high-five”!  Children can be asked to say more than one pair, they can work in teams to complete the rhyming pairs, or an adult can help them as needed.  Basically, this is a fast activity that can be used to meet the rhyming needs of individual kiddos.

Even more rhyming activities for kids

Fantastic Fun and Learning’s “Rhyming with Alice the Fairy” – Shauna shares a fun rhyming activity she did with her daughters based on David Shannon’s book “Alice the Fairy”.  I know I want to try this out with Engineer and my preschool kiddos.

Even more rhyming activities for kids

“Poetry Journals” from Buggy and Buddy – I love how Chelsey uses poetry journals with her daughter!  I did something like this when I taught kindergarten, and it’s so beneficial for the kiddos.  Chelsey’s post has inspired me to do more with Engineer and my preschoolers.

Even more rhyming activities for kids

Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas’ “Rhyming on the Go” – Bern shares a great way to get children rhyming when doing everyday tasks.  I love that she incorporates learning in a simple, fun, and interactive way!

even more rhyming activities for kids

Rainy Day Mum’s “10 Rhymes to Sing with Babies and Toddlers” and “10 Rhymes to Count With” – These posts from Cerys at Rainy Day Mum are a great resource, especially when it comes to rhyming with the smaller kiddos.  Of course, even older children like to revisit the songs and rhymes they learned as toddlers.

even more rhyming activities for kids

“Five Little Ducks Storytelling Water Play” from The Imagination Tree – Anna’s water play activity links sensory play, retelling, song, and rhyming in one fun package!  This activity could be restructured for a variety of other simple rhymes that children enjoy.

even more rhyming activities for kids

Playing with Words 365’s “Owl Finger Puppet Tutorial (and Fingerplay!)” – To begin with, these finger puppets from Katie are adorable!  I love that there’s a tutorial for the puppets, as well as a fingerplay to use with children.  I think both adults and children would enjoy using these puppets for rhyming.

Additional Research and Activities:

  • Babble’s “The Best Rhyming Children’s Books”
  • PBS Kids’ “Rhyming Games”
  • Pre-Kinders’ “Pre-K Literacy: Rhyming”
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)’s “Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriately Practices for Young Children”
  • International Reading Association’s “Phonemic Awareness and the Teaching of Reading” 

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week-long series about rhyming with children!  Have you come away with any new ideas or inspirations?  Do you have anything to add to the lists here?  I’d love to hear your thoughts on this in-depth look at rhyming! Thanks for stopping by.  🙂

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  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    April 20, 2013 at 5:53 am

    What a wonderful collection! Rhyming is so important.

    Reply
    • MaryC says

      April 20, 2013 at 9:38 am

      Thank you!! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says

    April 20, 2013 at 7:36 am

    This whole series has been terrific. Rhyming is such an important pre-reading skill, and I’m glad you shared so much great information.Thanks for including our Alice the Fairy rhyming activity.

    Reply
    • MaryC says

      April 20, 2013 at 9:40 am

      Thanks so much, Shauna! I can’t wait to use your Alice the Fairy rhyming activity with the preschool kiddos!! 🙂

      Reply
  3. katepickle says

    April 21, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    Oh we love rhyming games in our house! Rhyming books are our favourites and we often make up silly little rhymes to ease tensions when things get cranky!
    Thanks for sharing this great list of resources!

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    • MaryC says

      April 22, 2013 at 1:33 pm

      Thanks for stopping by, Kate! We like making up silly rhymes as well . . . I agree that it’s great to do when crankiness appears. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Varya says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:33 am

    Love your rhyming series!

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    • MaryC says

      April 23, 2013 at 1:37 pm

      You’re so sweet, Varya! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! 🙂

      Reply
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