Print out pictures of items that students are familiar with and that are easily paired with a rhyming word. For example, print out pictures of a bee, a cat and a dog.
Explain to students that rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound. Offer an example, such as "sit" and "lit."
Inform students that you are going to show them a picture of an item and that they are to name the item in the picture. After they name the item, you are going to provide them with a word that rhymes with the name of the item. Hold up one of the pictures; the bee, for example. After students say the word, "bee," say a word that rhymes, such as "tree."
Continue this process, showing different pictures and offering words that rhyme. Once students exhibit an understanding of rhyme, ask them to name words that rhyme with the items in the pictures.
Print out pairs of pictures that display items that rhyme; for example, a cat and a bat, a frog and a hog and a plate and a gate.
Separate the pairs into two piles. Spread one half of the pairs of rhyming word pictures face-up on a flat surface. Place the other half of the pairs of rhyming word pictures in a face-down pile.
Explain to students that they are to take turns selecting a picture from the face-down pile. Tell them to look at the face-up pictures, find the one that rhymes with the picture they are holding and remove it and set the pair of rhyming words aside. If a player can't make a rhyming match, tell her to pass the picture to the next player, who has to try to find the match. Model the process of the game before having students play. Offer clarification, if necessary.
Engage students in the game. Have students play the game until all rhyming words have been paired together. The player who has the most pairs of rhyming words wins the game.