Rhythm and rhyme activities

Identifying rhyming words is an important component of phonological awareness. It helps young children hear, identify, and manipulate sounds in words. Developing a student’s phonological awareness is important to developing a good reader. A simple way to explain rhyming words to students is they are words that have the same sound at the end. Young […]

Rhythm sticks are one of the best tools to teach a range of early phonics skills. They are fantastic for syllables, segmenting, body percussion, and music.

We love to sing and rhyme in our classroom. One of our favorite songs to jam out to is Jack Hartman’s “Make a Rhyme, Make a Move” from his Hip Hop Alphabop Volume 2 CD. As a quick time filler, I put some of the miniatures from the Lakeshore Vowel Teaching Tubs into a basket and pass one out to each child. Make sure that you have enough sets of rhymes for the children in your class. So, if I have 18 kids, I will put 9 rhyming pairs into the basket. We sing this song: Yes, it’s kinda corny…

Check out these free rhyming clip cards to help your students practice this important pre-reading skill. Add them to your small groups and

69K views · 3.6K likes | Kira Willey on Instagram: "Short and fun, and INCREDIBLY effective. Rhythm-based rhymes and chants get your students or your kiddos at home READY TO GO! ✨🥁 Try it and let me know how it goes! 💕 Don’t forget that my free children’s workshop is Saturday. It’s all about practical, try-it-right-now activities—like this one—to help children improve their ability to focus, listen and pay attention. Tag someone who should know about it. 👇🏼 Link in bio! And yes, if you…

Get little bodies moving and making a rhythm with this fun activity! This activity is great for children that are preparing to learn to read. Rhyming and patterning games support children in developing cadence and pacing necessary for reading.

I just love teaching kids to rhyme. I have the BEST rhyming words game for preschoolers! Not to toot my own horn or anything, but 3 year olds just adore this fun and easy activity. Rhyming is likely not brand new to your preschooler. I bet you naturally do it every day – perhaps