Rhyming is one of the first pre-reading skills we can model with young children. And it’s fun to do. Songs and rhyming books are a must with young kids. So are rhyming games, like you can find in our Roll-a-Rhyme Activity. NSis {3 years old} loves to rhyme. So, we played a little rhyming word matching this week that I just had to share.
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This week, I’m honored to join several other bloggers this week in LEGO week, hosted by Toddler Approved! I plan on sharing two LEGO-themed posts that are literacy related. Today, I’m sharing our rhyming word matching that we did with DUPLO bricks…a great way to sneak in some fine motor work.
Note: If you have an older child, (s)he may enjoy the DUPLO Rhyming Game found at No Time for Flash Cards.
DUPLO Rhyming Word Matching
To prepare the rhyming word matching game, I pulled out different colored DUPLO bricks from our massive container. To have enough room for the rhyming pictures to match, I pulled two of the 4×4 bricks for each image {same color bricks}.
I put tape on each pair of bricks
and then taped on the pictures. {A FREE rhyming word picture pack can be found at the END of this post.}
Since there are 12 different pairs, I started her out with 6 rhyming pairs. I took apart the matches and put them into two different groups on the floor.
I showed her how to try each one like dog/fox until she found the one that rhymed. She did this for the first couple,
but then soon figured out that the colors matched up and took off. {Excuse the zoo tattoo.}
I still said, “Oh, let’s see if it rhymes! And we’d say each name together.” A did re-use a couple of colors, so I wanted to help her see that we should always check the answer.
She had so much fun with this, so we matched up the other 6 rhyming word pairs. Then tried them all together.
She played her own games, hopping to each rhyming word on the “log” with her frog.
By this point, I had other children calling my name and needing my assistance, so I had to stop, but I placed all our DUPLO rhyming word matching pairs in a bucket and put it on her shelf so she could pull out whenever she wanted.
More Rhyming Word & LEGO Fun
- Rhyme Time Pack {free emergent reader and activities for rhyming}
- Roll-a-Rhyme Pack with THREE levels of rhyming
- Rhyming Books that You can SING!
- Rhyming Clip Cards
- LEGO Alphabet Matching Game
- Counting Syllables with LEGO Blocks
- 18 Ways to Use LEGOs to Teach Literacy
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