Words That Rhyme with Bat

Rhymes-with-bat word sort: children decide whether words such as hat, rat and sun rhyme with bat and place each bat card on the correct cave mat.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 03, 2025

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Preschool Literacy Centre, Year 1 Literacy
Resource types
Activities
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About this resource

This rhyming sort is a great hands on activity for recognising words that end with "at." This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with identifying rhyming words. Students will sort pictures that rhyme with the word bat using this bat themed rhyming activity.

How to Use:

To complete this sorting activity, students will look at a picture on a bat to determine if the picture rhymes with the bat or does not rhyme with bat, and then the students will place the bat on the correct cave mat.

This sorting activity includes 3 pages that contains

  • One cave mat for pictures that rhyme with bat

  • One cave mat for pictures that do not rhyme with bat

  • Bat pictures that rhyme with bat

  • Bat pictures that do not rhyme with bat


This rhyming sort can be used in the following ways

  • Literacy centres

  • Fine motor centres

  • File folder activity

  • Add magnets to the picture cards for a baking tray activity

  • Small group activities

  • Morning work

  • Emergency cover plans

If making a file folder game, the teacher will place the mats on either side of the folder and use hook and loop fasteners to sort the bat pictures. File folders create a portable activity students can complete anywhere in the classroom.


Skills assessed with these rhyming sorting mats

  • Students will identify words that rhyme with cat

  • Students will show the ability to sort the picture cards on to the correct mat

This rhyming words sorting activity is a low prep activity. All a teacher needs to do is to print the three pages, cut out the picture cards and laminate the pages and cards if desired. The activity is easy to set up and to put away and store.

This download includes a PDF with 3 usable pages.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify words that rhyme with bat

  • Tell -at words apart from words that do not rhyme

Skills covered

  • Rhyme recognition — sorting mat, pat and sat away from bell, kit and pot

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