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Phonics Rhyming Games

Phonics rhyming games help students with reading readiness. Students can recognize word endings and learn that rhyming words have similar ending sounds. Students can play rhyming games in small groups, or the class can be divided into two teams. Some rhyming games are competitive and others encourage cooperation.
  1. Rhyming Identification

    • Read a rhyming book to the students. "Green Eggs and Ham," "Hop on Pop" and other Dr. Seuss books are perfect choices. Before reading, give the students examples of words that rhyme. Tell students to clap whenever you read two words that rhyme. Make a list of the rhyming words as you read. After each page, let a different child pick what the students should do when they hear a rhyming word. Other options are stamping feet or snapping. The first child to clap, stamp or snap after a rhyme gets a point.

    Group Rhymes

    • Divide students into two teams. Give the teams a word ending. For example, students can use "en", "it" or "at" to generate rhyming words. Students work together to make a list of rhyming words and write them down while they are brainstorming. The team that brainstorms the most words wins the round.

    Rhyming Pictures

    • Create index cards with a picture and a word identifying the picture on each card. Give each student five cards. Say a word ending and ask students to hold up a card that rhymes with the word ending. For example, if you say "at," children can hold up pictures of a bat, a hat, or a mat. For each word, students get a point.

    Vanishing Rhymes

    • Give students a picture. Tell students you are going to say some word that rhyme with items in the picture. When the student hears a word that rhymes with an item in the picture, he must cross it out or use white out to make it vanish. For example, if you say "mouse" and the picture contains a house, the student crosses out or whites out the house. Students who eliminate the right items win the game. There can be several winners.

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