Then have students brainstorm words that end with that combination. Use any two vowel-consonant combinations. These are a great way to show students how rhyming words share a common ending. It could get very lively! Invite the class to help you make word family charts. The next time they hear a rhyming word they must stand up. When they hear a word that rhymes, they must sit down. Seuss book, and encourage your students to stand up. Related: 20 Teacher Recommended Books That Rhyme At the end of the story ask students to recall some of the rhyming words they noticed. Make a point of emphasizing the rhyming words, or pausing, so the children can fill in the missing word. Start collecting books that use rhyme and read them often. You can start by explaining that rhyming words are words that have the same ending sounds. How do you introduce rhyming words to kindergarten students? It also builds their confidence as readers, so that they can experience success. Transferring sounds from words opens the language possibilities for young readers. For example, if we know how to read the word “Cat,” we can switch the first letter sound to “B” and now we can read the word “Bat,” too! Then we can go onto rat, mat, and hat. As they do so they start to learn about word families without even realizing it. Rhyming invites young learners to explore and have fun with language. To learn more about phonemic awareness and why it is so important click here. Of course, this is all part and parcel of phonemic awareness. They start to recognize that hug, bug, rug, and mug all end with the UG sound. Rhyming helps our students practice LISTENING for the SOUNDS in the words. Why is rhyming important in learning to read? As you know rhyming is the repetition of a similar (or identical) sound at the end of two different words. A game that challenges my Five, Six, and Eight – and that all of them enjoy – is a winner in my book! We hope you can use these telling time games too.Do you know how much we love Rhyming at Simply Kinder? Rhymes and rhyming have been part of the language for thousands of years. So on the third version I added times like “1:15” and “6:45.” This game gave her both a review and a fun challenge. □ My Eight does well with telling time to the hour and half hour, but I thought she could benefit from practice with a quarter past and a quarter till. See how the 6 is halfway around the clock?” This satisfied him. “Do you remember how many minutes are in an hour?” (He’s always asking about this.) “Sixty.” “Right! So since thirty is half of sixty, when you’re halfway around the clock – it’s thirty minutes after the hour. “How come when the short hand is on the six it’s thirty? That doesn’t make sense!” I tried to explain how you move five minutes every time you get to a new number, but that was only eliciting tears. The kids picked up telling time to the hour so easily I guess I assumed it was review!) He quickly understood how to tell time to the hour, but telling time to the half hour threw him for a loop. (I taught first grade for a number of years before I had children. I thought he must have learned basic time telling in kindergarten, but apparently this is a first grade skill. I used the Level 2 version for my upcoming first grader. After the game, my Five commented, “That was a fun game.” Believe me, coming from him this is high praise. When you have five in a row, the game is over. Find the corresponding digital time on the bingo board, and cover it with a marker or dot it with your Do-a-Dot marker.
The one-person game is super simple to play. It helps that he and his older brother and sister are allowed to get up in the morning when their digital clock says “7:00.” He’s familar with the concept. A lot of this went over his head, but he got the general idea. So we can tell what “o’clock” it is depending on where the short (hour) hand is pointing. I explained that a new hour always begins when the long (minute) hand reaches the 12.
We used my mini Judy clock (I love the Judy clock!). First, I showed my Five (he’ll start kindergarten soon) how to tell time to the hour on an analog clock. But all three of my big kids (going into kindergarten, first, and third grade) pronounced this game “fun.” I hope your child or students like it too! I began with the simplest version of the game. Just print and play – no color ink, cutting, or laminating necessary! (Check back on Thursday for This Reading Mama’s literacy game.) Do your kids struggle with learning to tell time? I had forgotten what a tricky skill this is until I started teaching it to my own children. Looking for activities that will help your child learn to tell the time? Check out this set of time games – in three different levels! (This post contains affiliate links.) Welcome to the second week of the Print & Play learning game series with This Reading Mama! Each week I’m sharing a free printable math game for K-2.