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Rhyming Games

Develop your students' phonemic awareness with rhyming games that make learning sounds exciting. This collection includes rhyme matching, word families, and creative storytelling. By integrating these rhyming games into your teaching, you can strengthen foundational literacy skills.

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Bat Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
Sorting rhyming wordsOnsets & word families

Bat Themed Rhyming Words

This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing words that end with "at." This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

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Pre-K–K
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Bear Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
Sorting rhyming words

Bear Themed Rhyming Words

Students will practice sorting words that rhyme with bear. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

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Pre-K–K
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Cat Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
Sorting rhyming wordsOnsets & word families

Cat Themed Rhyming Words

This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing words that end with "at." This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

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Pre-K–K
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Catch a Leprechaun Book and Rhymes Game teaching resource preview
Sorting rhyming wordsStories & chants

Catch a Leprechaun Book and Rhymes Game

This resource is a Catch a Leprechaun Book and Rhymes Game. First, there is an 8-page reader that can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page.

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Pre-K, 1–3
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Pumpkin Rhyming Activity teaching resource preview Free download
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Pumpkin Rhyming Activity

Match rhyming words and pictures on pumpkin-themed pieces. Eighteen pairs can be used in picture-to-picture, picture-to-word, or word-to-word formats, with directions offering several ways to run the activity. A writing option lets children record a word and compare it with the printed label.

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1–2
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CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme teaching resource preview Free download
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CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme

Introduction The CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme is a resource intended to aid early learners read CK words. Black and white for eco printing. Who is the CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme game for?

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1
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CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme Colour and B/W teaching resource preview
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CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme Colour and B/W

Introduction The CK Phonic Game Onset and Rhyme is a resource intended to aid early learners read CK words. Choose from colour for class use, or eco black and white for mass printing to send home!

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1
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Rhyming Matching Game Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Rhyming Matching Game Worksheet

This fun worksheet will help your students build their rhyming skills. They will match two pictures that rhyme to help them understand how words can sound the same. This is a great activity for small groups or centers .

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Pre-K, 1–3
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Find the Rhyme Rhyming Game teaching resource preview
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Find the Rhyme Rhyming Game

A rhyming concentration-style matching card game where students match pictures that rhyme, plus three accompanying worksheets (with answer keys) to assess rhyming knowledge.

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1–2
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Old Mother Hubbard Nursery Rhyme teaching resource preview
Stories & chants

Old Mother Hubbard Nursery Rhyme

A multi-activity nursery rhyme pack teaching early literacy skills (phonemic awareness, retelling, vocabulary, cause-and-effect) through 'Old Mother Hubbard'.

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Pre-K–3
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Rhyming Pocket Chart Game teaching resource preview
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Rhyming Pocket Chart Game

Rhyming Pocket Chart Game Dive into the exciting world of phonetics with the Rhyming Pocket Chart Game. This teaching resource, aimed at preschool and kindergarten students, specifically targets the development of rhyming skills.

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Pre-K–K
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Rhyming Words Bingo Activity teaching resource preview
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Rhyming Words Bingo Activity

This activity is great for helping students learn to identify and listen for rhyming word pairs. Playing bingo is always a fun way to learn and this activity will help students do just that while also having a lot of fun.

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Ribbit Rhymes Activity teaching resource preview
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Ribbit Rhymes Activity

Ribbit Rhymes is an activity where students play with rhyming words to demonstrate their rhyming ability. This is a great way for students to practice identifying and brainstorming rhyming words.

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Pre-K–2
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St. Patrick's Day Leaf Clover Word Family Activity teaching resource preview
Onsets & word families

St. Patrick's Day Leaf Clover Word Family Activity

Product Description This Lucky clover game is a great hands-on game to help children learn onset and rhymes using word families. These play-based games help children cement their phonological learning and is a great gross motor skills…

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Pre-K–1
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Crab Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
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Crab Themed Rhyming Words

This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing words that end with "ab." This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

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Pre-K–K
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Fall Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview Free download
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Fall Themed Rhyming Words

This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing words that end with words that rhyme with leaf. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words.

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Pre-K–K
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Ghost Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
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Ghost Themed Rhyming Words

Students sort 11 illustrated ghost cards with printed word labels onto two haunted-house mats: Rhymes with Ghost and Does Not Rhyme with Ghost. Coast, boast, most, post, roast and toast rhyme with ghost; key, ring, roll, band and pan do not. Say the words aloud so children listen for matching ending sounds. The five-page PDF contains three activity pages plus a thank-you page and credits.

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Pre-K–K
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Sports Themed Rhyming Words teaching resource preview
Sorting rhyming wordsOnsets & word families

Sports Themed Rhyming Words

The target word ball anchors two sorting groups: words that rhyme with it and words that do not. Ten cards include call, wall, fall and tall as well as choices such as bell and bed. Say each word aloud before sorting, then compare the ending sounds to explain the placement.

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Pre-K–K
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