Rhyming for Preschoolers

Introduction

This webquest is to help you explore rhyming. Rhyming helps children identify the sounds in words and how they relate to each other. Rhyming also helps early literacy skills. This helps students towards writing and reading success. A rhyme is the corresponding of sounds at the endings of words.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuWKBFkZcU

 

Task
  • Each child should check out this link to learn a song about rhyming. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAUdQZ8Xivw

  • Here is a worksheet for your students to cut out the pictures and glue to the correct rhyming word. They also get to color the pictures. This is not only a good way of learning to rhyme by consistent repeating, but a good fine motor skill as well.

Here is a game for children to play about rhyming

https://pbskids.org/superwhy/games/wonder-reds-rhyme-racer/index.html

Process
  1. Have the children watch the video about rhyming.
  2. Start singing songs with your children that involve rhyming an example of one is Down By the Bay.
  3. Grab a basket. Tell the children a word and have them find objects in the classroom that rhyme with it and put the object in the basket.
  4. Have the children cut and glue the rhyming worksheet and as you color in the pictures talk about other words that rhyme.
  5. Have the children play the rhyming game.
  6. Read books by the Cat in the Hat and talk with the children about the words that rhyme in the book.
Evaluation

Evaluation of Rhyming for Preschoolers

 

Beginning Knowledge

Ending Knowledge

Observation 1

Understanding what rhyming words sound like

 Watching and listening while discussing rhymes Participating in the songs and being engaged in the stories and games

Observation 2

Recognizing what rhyming words are

 Singing along with the rhymes When the child hears words being able to say that they rhyme

Observation 3

Being able to pick out rhyming words after being given a word

 Being able to pick out rhyming words with a set of words Hearing a word and being able to come up with their own rhyming words

 

Conclusion

After these rhyming activities the children should be able to rhyme and know that when two words are said they sound have the same ending sound. 

Here are some more rhyming videos for the children to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHroOYO1iOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3UHE0duCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeDU1wPMcI

Credits

Rhyming Song

Youtube.com. 2022. [online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeDU1wPMcI&gt; [Accessed 15 April 2022].

Wonder Red's Rhyme Racer Game

Pbskids.org. 2022. Wonder Red's Rhyme Racer. [online] Available at: <https://pbskids.org/superwhy/games/wonder-reds-rhyme-racer/index.html&gt; [Accessed 15 April 2022].

Rhyming worksheet

Pinterest. 2022. Matching Rhyming Words | Rhyming worksheet, Rhyming words worksheets, Rhyming words. [online] Available at: <https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337066353355958225/&gt; [Accessed 15 April 2022].

Rhyming songs

Early Learning Ideas. 2022. 15 of the Best Preschool Rhyming Songs. [online] Available at: <https://earlylearningideas.com/preschool-rhyming-songs/&gt; [Accessed 15 April 2022].