Rhyming Words Teaching Resources
Save lesson-planning time and make rhyme time a fun time in elementary school with a collection of rhyming word activities for kindergarten and first grade, including rhyming games for kids, rhyming word worksheets, and interactive Google Slides activities.
Created by teachers, each activity in this rhyme collection is curriculum-aligned and has been rigorously reviewed to ensure it’s ready for your classroom. Resources have been created in editable formats to allow for easy differentiation for your students.
New to this part of the ELA curriculum? Our ELA teachers have a quick guide to get you ready to teach rhyming. (Feel free to skip ahead to the resources if you're all set!)
Why Teach Rhyming Words?
Rhyme is an important concept in preschool and kindergarten because the ability to recognize, blend, and manipulate the sounds in words is critical to developing reading and writing skills.
Rhyming also helps children improve their oral language skills, lays the groundwork for spelling and written language, and develops predicting skills —a reading comprehension strategy.
Teaching Rhyming Words for Kindergarten
Teaching rhyming words doesn't have to be difficult. Tons and tons of rhyming word worksheets, lessons, and activities are ready to go in our collection! Need an idea for a rhyming word activity? Keep reading!
- Print, display, and discuss rhyming word anchor charts. You can co-create some word family posters with your students.
- Play rhyming word games like Four-in-a-Row, Bingo, and Rhyming Word Memory.
- Print a set of rhyming word flashcards and tape one or two to the wall outside your classroom door. As students enter the room, have them tell you a rhyming word to enter.
- Rhyming word sorts are perfect for giving young readers an opportunity to put their hands and minds on rhyming words and word families.
- Provide lots and lots of practice; perhaps with a set of Rhyming worksheets for kindergarten and first grade.
- Send home a rhyming words list for parents to use at home for additional practice.
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Word Family Pumpkin Sort
Enhance your phonics lessons with a pumpkin-themed word family sorting activity.
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Pumpkin Patch Find the Rhyme Interactive Game for Kindergarten
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with an interactive Pumpkin Patch rhyming word game for Preschool and Kindergarten.
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Rhyming Word Memory Game - Apple Edition
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with an apple-themed rhyming word game for Preschool and Kindergarten.
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Building Sundaes - Rhyming Words
Practice rhyming with this dessert-themed game.
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It's My Time to Rhyme Worksheet
Practice producing rhyming words with this 2-page multi-challenge worksheet.
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I Can Rhyme! Game
Practice producing rhyming words with a set of 36 rhyming word cards and game boards for up to 5 players.
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Rhyme Time - Match-Up Activity
A set of 32 match-up cards for students to practice rhyming.
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Rhyming Practice - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Practice identifying rhyming words with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Rhyme and Shuffle - Rhyming PowerPoint Game
Practice producing rhyming words while being active with this whole-class movement game.
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A Rhyme a Dozen - Matching Game
Review your students' knowledge of rhyming words with this memory-style card game.
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Bowling Game - Rhyming Words
Practice matching rhyming words with this set of 24 picture bowling ball cards and pins.
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Move and Rhyme - Board Game
Practice producing rhyming words using our rhyme-by-picture board game.
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Rhyming Words Snap Cards
A set of 32 snap cards to reinforce word families and rhyming with your students.