Rhyming Words Teaching Resources
Save lesson-planning time and make rhyme time a fun time in primary school with a collection of rhyming word activities for foundation and year 1 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 rigorously reviewed to ensure it’s ready for your classroom. Resources have been created in editable formats for easy differentiation for your students.
New to this part of the English curriculum? Our English 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 kindie and foundation because the ability to recognise, 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 Foundation
Teaching rhyming words doesn't have to be difficult. Tonnes 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 Jellybeans - Interactive Activity.
- Print a set of rhyming word cards 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 practise; perhaps with a set of Rhyming worksheets for Foundation and Year 1.
- Send home a list of rhyming words for parents to use at home for additional practise.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 1
A sorting activity to practise identifying word families.
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A Whale's Tale - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem perfect for developing a love of reading and writing poetry.
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Jack Be Nimble – Nursery Rhyme Poster and PowerPoint
Use this “Jack be Nimble” nursery rhyme poster and PowerPoint to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Little Miss Muffet – Nursery Rhyme Poster and PowerPoint
Use this “Little Miss Muffet” nursery rhyme poster or PowerPoint with audio to teach your youngest students the features of rhymes.
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Rhyming Dominoes Game
Practise knowledge of rhyming words with this rhyming words dominoes game.
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Short I Word Families Flashcards
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarise your students with words that contain the short i vowel sound.
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The Easter Bunny – Easter Poem Poster
Use this Easter Bunny poem for kids as a basis for some Easter fun in your classroom!
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A Visit from Santa – Christmas Poem Poster
Use this “A Visit from Santa” Christmas poem for kids as a basis for some festive fun in your classroom!
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Jack and Jill – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Jack and Jill” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Wee Willie Winkie – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Wee Willie Winkie” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Valentine's Love Bug Rhyming Game
Bring a bit of love into the classroom with an interactive Valentine’s Day rhyming word activity for early years.
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100th Day of School - 100 Rhyming Words Workbook
Blend the 100th Day of School with phonemic awareness practice by making a book that contains 100 rhyming words!
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Easter Egg Rhyming Word Puzzles
Have some Easter fun with this Easter Egg rhyming word game for early years.
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Rhyming Snowmen - Match-Up Activity
Bring a bit of snow into the classroom with a winter-themed rhyming word game for early years students.
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Find and Sort Active Game
An active game that allows students to practise sorting word families.
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Roll and Read – Rhyming Words
A fun game for students to practice reading rhyming words.
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Word Family Paper Cups | Hands-On Phonics
Find out how fun and easy it is to make word family paper cups. Use these clever cups as a hands-on learning tool to accelerate learning in early years phonics. Plus, find other essential word family teaching resources.