Rhyming Words
Rhyming Words
Section titled “Rhyming Words”Rhyming words are words that sound the same at the end.
For example: cat and hat both end with the sound “-at” — they rhyme! 🎵
What Makes Words Rhyme?
Section titled “What Makes Words Rhyme?”Words rhyme when their ending sounds match:
| Word | Rhymes With |
|---|---|
| cat | hat, mat, bat, rat, sat |
| dog | log, fog, frog, jog, hog |
| cake | lake, bake, make, take, wake |
| sun | fun, run, bun, gun, done |
| play | day, say, way, hay, ray |
Word Families (Rhyme Groups)
Section titled “Word Families (Rhyme Groups)”-an family
Section titled “-an family”can, man, pan, ran, fan, van, tan
The man in the van has a fan!
-ig family
Section titled “-ig family”big, dig, pig, wig, fig, jig, twig
The big pig did a jig with a wig!
-ot family
Section titled “-ot family”hot, dot, pot, lot, got, not, cot
I got a hot pot with a dot!
-ake family
Section titled “-ake family”cake, lake, bake, make, take, wake, snake
Let’s bake a cake near the lake! 🎂🌊
-ing family
Section titled “-ing family”ring, sing, king, wing, bring, spring, thing
The king can sing and has a ring! 👑
Rhyming in Poems
Section titled “Rhyming in Poems”Rhyming words make poems fun to say! 🎶
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky! ⭐
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after! 🪣
Practice Activities
Section titled “Practice Activities”Find the Rhyming Word
Section titled “Find the Rhyming Word”Circle the word that rhymes:
- bat → (cat / bus / fish) → cat ✅
- book → (ball / look / dog) → look ✅
- tree → (bird / see / box) → see ✅
- moon → (sun / cloud / soon) → soon ✅
- frog → (log / fish / bird) → log ✅
Make Your Own Rhymes!
Section titled “Make Your Own Rhymes!”Complete the rhyme:
- I have a pet cat who wears a ___ . (hat)
- The little bee sat under a ___ . (tree)
- I saw a big bear with long brown ___ . (hair)
- The funny clown wears a golden ___ . (crown)
- The moon will shine again very ___ . (soon)
Rhyming Word Chart
Section titled “Rhyming Word Chart”| -at | -en | -in | -op | -un |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cat | hen | pin | hop | sun |
| bat | den | tin | top | run |
| hat | ten | win | mop | fun |
| mat | pen | fin | pop | bun |
| rat | men | bin | cop | gun |
Rhyming words make language musical and fun! Listen for them in songs and poems every day! 🎵🌟