The following information is from a series of parent tips by Knowledge Adventure. The tips are meant to be used as fun ways of bringing learning into the home and everyday life. We hope you enjoy them!
Help your child practice identifying words that rhyme and listening to the sounds of the words. Here are some tips to help make learning fun! Focus on words that end with the letters below.
| ack, ail, ain, air, ake, ame, an, and, ap, at, atch, ate, ave, ay, each, eat, ed, en, est, et, ib, ice, ick, ide, ine, ing, ip, ock, og, oke, op, ube, ug, ump, un |
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- Family Rhymes: For this activity, you will need a small ball. Sit on the floor with your child. Say a word and toss the ball to your child. Explain to your child that he or she needs to say a word that rhymes and then toss the ball back to you. The rhyming words can be real, or if this becomes too challenging, encourage your child to make up the words.
- Rhyming Puzzles: Have your child write two words that rhyme next to each other on index cards. Draw or cut and paste pictures of the two rhyming objects on each half of the card. Cut the index cards in half with different patterns so that your child can try to find rhyming pairs and put the puzzles together.
- Use Names to Make Rhymes: Have your child write his or her name vertically on a sheet of paper. Encourage your child to come up with words that include each letter of his or her name. Then ask your child to think of words that rhyme with the words he or she wrote. Here is an example:
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