Exercise, Rhyme & Freeze: This one is a student favorite and is especially great for when your class needs to let some wiggles out!īefore we begin working on our rhyming activities and games for the day, I will often pop one of these videos up on the screen and then let the kids follow along.

Kids will love trying to find the correct rhyming word as Jack sings his song.

The Rhyming Words Game: This fun video takes a game show approach to practicing rhyming.

He provides 2 words and the children provide a third.

I Love to Rhyme: This is a great video for getting kids to brainstorm rhyming words on their own.

My favorite videos to use when working on rhyming activities include: His fun, upbeat music is always a favorite of my students and he offers a ton of videos on different topics. There are lots of great ones out there, but I am super partial to Jack Hartmann's songs and videos. It's no secret that primary students LOVE to sing and dance! I use this to my advantage in the classroom, by incorporating fun rhyming songs into our introductory lessons. Mastering these skills in the early years will help children tremendously in early reading and phonics lessons! Because of this, it's a great idea to make rhyming activities a regular part of your lessons in kindergarten.

Children will also begin to understand that words are made up of different parts and each part has its own sound. When children learn to identify rhyming words, it teaches them to listen closely to sounds within words.

While rhyming activities are lots of fun, they are also very important for new readers! Teaching rhyming words is fundamental to beginning phonemic awareness.

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