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Can your child fill-in rhyming words: ‘There was an old woman who lived in a shoe;
She had so many children she didn’t know what to d__’? Then:
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Then play:
Make a Rhyme
Help your child fill-in some new rhymes:
A tree with a --bee. (or a C, key, knee . . .)
A boy holding a --toy.
A stick in a --zick.
A cat with a --bat.
A man on a --can
A bug and a --hug.
A picture of a --kicture.
(Since we are focusing on sound, and not meaning, nonsense is fine.)
Sing to the tune of Farmer In The Dell:
A tree with a bee, A tree with a bee,
Hi Ho the Derry-O, A tree with a bee.
Sing ‘Down By the Bay’:
Down by the bay, And to and fro,
That’s where I know, I dare not go.
For if I do, My mother will say,
[first player]: Did you ever see a boy--
[second player]: Chasing a loy
[together] Down by the bay!’
Easier version: The adult is the ‘second player.’
Play The Name Game
- Just play with line one at first.
- You can begin with any name or word--but run it through your mind first, to eliminate words that result in unwanted rhymes.
Honey, honey, Bo-bunny
Banana-Fanna-Fo-funny
Fee-Fie-Mo-money
--Honey! |
Bear, Bear, Bo-bear
Banana-Fanna-Fo-fair
Fee-Fie-Mo-mare
--Bear! |
Joey, Joey, Bo-boey
Banana-Fanna-Fo-foey
Fee-Fie-Mo-moey
--Joey! |
Stick, stick, Bo-bick,
Bannana-Fanna Fo-fick,
Fee-Fie Mo-mick
--Stick! |
More on this topic: The Reading Treehouse -> THE FLOOR: Phonemic Awareness
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