Auburn University
Auburn University: Teaching Blending
How do you teach your students to develop a blending ability through phonics instruction? This site features information to help get you started in your quest for this goal. According to this article you can begin with rhyming. Come and...
Starfall
Starfall: Ball
This lesson focuses on the sound of the letter B. It includes a basketball poem, things beginning with the letter B and how to form the letter B.
Starfall
Starfall: Apple
This lesson focuses on the short-vowel letter A sound. It includes a poem about apples, how to from the letter A caps and lower case, and pictures of other things beginning with an A.
Other
Learning4 Kids: We're Going on a "Teddy" Bear Hunt
Playing with songs and books helps prepare children for future learning and teach them beginning pre-reading skills. Re-enacting we're going on a bear hunt is a fun activity we can do with our kids to help promote this learning through...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Sound & Rhyme
This lesson discusses the use of sound in poetry, mainly focusing on the use of rhyme. Various kinds of rhyme are defined (rhyme scheme, perfect rhyme, forced rhyme, slant rhyme, masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, visual rhyme, and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Know Why I Like Pie
Active, imaginative teaching with nursery rhymes takes advantage of how the brain learns best! In this instructional activity, learners will use a Venn Diagram to compare "Little Jack Horner" to "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: It's Your Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
This lesson plan is intended to be used during the month of March when the class is preparing to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day. After listening to and reading different stories by Dr. Seuss, the students have opportunities to compare and...
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Teams: Distance Learning: Recognizing Rhyme
This site from the TEAMS Distance Learning provides a K-1 activity: "Quick test you can give your students to see if they can tell when words rhyme and when they do not."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Playing
Playing shows kids playing jumprope and asks your students to create their own jump rope rhyme.
University of Michigan
The Mother Goose Pages: Nursery Rhymes
An outstanding resource to get all your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Activities included are suggestions on reading and teaching nursery rhymes to children at varying ages. Has a list of recommended resources that go along with...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): "Internal Rhyme"
This is a glossary entry for the term "Internal Rhyme" including the definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Rhyme Scheme
This is a glossary entry for the term "Rhyme Scheme" including a definition and an example.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: Lumberjack Mack [Pdf]
Lumberjack Mack lives in a town with a beautiful forest. It's a good thing too! He needs wood and lot's of it! But what happens when all the wood is gone? Find out in this heart warming tale.
Other
India Parenting: Rhymes & Songs
From one of India's most popular parenting sites, a collection of rhymes and songs from various regions of India. Includes rhymes in Hindi, Gujurati, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada. No English translation (this could be a good exercise for...
Other
Mother Goose: Simple Simon
Simple Simon is one of many Mother Gooses' nursery rhymes that students can enjoy reading.
Other
Sebastian Swan: "Sebastian's Rhyme"
Help Sebastian Swan look for rhyming words when he goes exploring.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Abc Rhymes
Read the sentence and click on the rhyming word to answer the question. All of the answers start with the same letter of the alphabet. Go through all the questions to see answers for every letter. Click on the answer again to see if it...
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: The Rhyming Game
Read each sentence paying close attention to the word with all capital letters. Click on the word that rhymes, and then click again to see if you answered correctly.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: What Rhymes With Slime?
Look at three rhyming words and then choose a fourth word that also rhymes with them. Be careful, though. Not all rhyming words are spelled the same. Click the answer twice to see if it is correct.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Rhyming Words
Read the first word and then click on the word that rhymes. Remember that rhyming words sound alike but are not always spelled alike. Click again to check each answer.
Quia
Quia: Phonological Awareness: Rhyme Time Millionaire
Choose the correct rhyming word to advance on the money ladder until you become a millionaire. Three hints are provided to help you along the way.
Quia
Quia: Rhyming Words
A simple matching game which allows elementary students to match words that rhyme. After completing a set, another one begins. Game is complete with sounds and interaction.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Rhyming Pairs
Links to 6 different sets of rhyming pair games. Drag each word next to the word with which it rhymes.