1.) Talk about what are rhyming words. (words that have the same sounds at the end). Ask if these
pairs rhyme: book & look, tar & car, hat & shoe, call& ball, monkey & banana
2.) Read a story today. Be “rhyming detectives” and see how many rhyming words you can find.
3.) Make up silly words that rhyme with vacation.
4.) Ask if these pairs rhyme: bat & cat, dog & log, book & library, big & dig, wish & star, sing & king, walk &
run, swim & fish, water & pool, ice & mice
5.) When in a grocery store find words that rhyme with each thing that goes in the cart. Rhyming words can
be silly made-up words as well!!
6.) Find words that rhyme with day.
7.) Sing “Twinkle Little Star” or other nursery songs. Count how many pairs you can find.
8.) Come up with 5 words that rhyme with “bat”
9.) Find five items in your house that start with the first letter in your name.
10.) Find 4 items in your house that have two syllables (e.g., ta-ble) and find another 4 items that have 3
syllables (tel-ephone).
11.) Give your child these words one sound at a time & see if they can guess the word: 1. /c/ /a/ /t/ = cat 2.
/b/ /a/ /ll/ =ball 3. /s/ /i/ /t/ =sit 4. /f/ /i/ /sh/ =fish 5. /w/ /a/ /t/ /er/ =water
12.) Find 5 things in your house that start with the letter /b/.
13.) Find 5 things in your house that end in the letter /b/.
14.) Talk about how many sounds (not letters) are in these words. 1. c/u/p =3 2. h/ou/se = 3 3. s/u/n =3
4. s/w/i/m =4
5. j/u/m/p =4
6. b/oo/k = 3
15.) Give your child these words one sound at a time & see if they can guess the word: 1. /s/ /u/ /n/ =sun
2. /h/ /o/ /t/=hot
3. /p/ /oo/ /l/= pool
4. /s/ /a/ /n/ /d/ = sand
16.) Come up with 5 words that rhyme with boat.
17.) Read a story today. Be“rhyming detectives” and see how many rhyming words you can find.
18.) Roses are red, violets are blue. I love to rhyme and I hope you do, too! Come up with your own silly
rhyming poem.
19.) Recite nursery rhymes and point out all the words that rhyme. E.g., Hickory dickory dock; Jack and Jill
20.) Read a Dr. Suess book and find as many rhyming pairs as you can.
21.) Play “I spy” and find 5 things in your house. Come up with a rhyming word for each word. (e.g. I spy
something that rhymes with tea.…key)
22.) Play “I spy” and find 5 things in your house. Come up with objects that have the “m” sound (e.g. I spya
cold white drink from cows: milk) Find at least 5 words that start with “m”. Find 5 words that end “m”.
23.) Read a story today. Be“sound detectives” and see how many words with “p” you can find.
24.) Watch your child’s favorite T.V. show with them. Touch your nose each time you hear a“s” word.
25.) Come up with words that rhyme with swim. Discuss how all the rhyming words have an “m” sound at the
end.
26.) Clap for each sound in the following words: Cat, sun, hot, swim, jump, beach, E.g., c _ a _ t _
27.) Tap or clap out the syllables in the following words: summer, running, ice cream, baseball, raining,
thunder, vacation, elephant.
28.) Give your child these words one sound at a time & see if they can guess the word: 1. /p/ /oo/ /l / =pool
2. /b/ /ea/ /ch/ =beach 3. /s/ /a/ /n/ /d/ =sand 4. /t/ /ow/ /el/ = towel 5. /a/ /n/ /i/ m/ /al/= animal
6. /s/ /w/ /ea/ /t/ /y/ =sweaty
29.) Say each word by itself, have your child combine the words together. Rain + bow, butter+ fly,
base+ball, dough+ nut, pop+ corn, water+ fall
30.) Say “baseball” now say baseball without saying base. Say firework now say firework without saying
work. Say airport now say airport without saying air.
31.) Read a story today. Listen for long words and tap or clap out how many syllables they have.
32.) Find at least 5 objects in your house that start with “s”.
33.) Read a story today. Be “sound detectives” and see how many words with “s” you can find.
34.) Find at least 5 objects in your house that end with “s”.
35.) Listen to these words & decide if the “s” is in the beginning, middle, or end: Kiss, sun, mystery, soup,
plates, answer, fancy, super, Alice, start.
36.) Find words that rhyme with “miss”. Discuss how all the rhyming words have an “s” sound at the end.
37.) Make 4 sentences with as many “s” words as you can. E.g., Sara Saw Susie Sipping Smoothies.
38.) Come up with 5 words (real and/or silly) that rhyme with pool.
39.) Read a story today. Be “rhyming detectives” & see how many rhyming words you can find.
40.) Do a Rhyme train! Everyone says a word that rhymes with “mat” & 1st person that can’t get one is out.
41.) Recite nursery rhymes and point out all the words that rhyme. E.g., Little boy blue, Baa Baa Black Sheep
42.) Find 3 words that rhyme with summer.
43.) Read a Dr. Suess book or another book with rhymes and find as many rhyming pairs as you can.
44.) Find words that rhyme with take.
45.) Find words in your house that start with /k/ *note it’s sound not the letter
46.) Read a story today. Be “sound detectives” and see how many words with “t” you can find
47.) Watch your child’s favorite T.V. show with them. Touch your nose each time you hear a “w” word.
48.) Talk a /k/ walk outside. Find as many words as you can that start with /l/. Find 5 words that end with “l”.
49.) Come up with words that rhyme with hit ball. Discuss how all the rhyming words have a “t” sound at the
end.
50.) Say these words: cat, cool, biking, milk, crush, cap, king, & tickle. Talk about if the /k/ is at the
beginning, middle or end of the word
51.) Clap for each sound in the following words: jump, clap, mask, clean, slide, drink E.g., j _ u _ m _ p_
52.) Tap or clap out the syllables in the following words: beautiful, birthday, dinosaur, Monday, ketchup,
lemonade
53.) Give your child these words one sound at a time & see if they can guess the word: 1. /f/ /l/ /a / /g/ =flag
2. /s/ /t/ /e/ /p/=step 3. /c/ /r/ /a/ /b/ =crab 4. /s/ /w/ /i/ /m/= swim 5. /d/ /r/ /u/ /m/=drum
6.
/p/ /l/ /o/ /p/ =plop
54.) Say “eyeball” now say eyeball without saying eye. Say popcorn now say popcorn without saying
corn. Say forget now say forget without saying get.
55.) Say each word by itself, then have your child combine the words together. air + port, fire+ flies, moon+
light, to+ day, weather+ man, grass+ hopper, rattle+ snake basket+ ball , dish + washer, baby+ sitter
56.) Read a story today. Be “rhyming detectives” and see how many rhyming words you can find.
57.) Rhyming is cool so do this by a pool. Come up with your own silly rhyming poem.
58.) Come up with 1 rhyming word for each school supply you need.
59.) Come up with 5 words that rhyme with school.
60.) Do a rhyme train. Everyone says a word that rhymes with “book” and first person that can’t think of one
is out.
61.) I love to teach speech but I wish we did it at the beach. Come up with your own silly rhyming poem.