The Rhyming Game
Age 4-6 years old
Level starters
Concerns reading, spelling, writing
Skills word families
Make a list of well and badly rhyming words. Print the words out or write the list of the words on the board:
mat
fog
cat
rat
bat
log
dog
cog
other rhyming words
Give a player a word, for example cat, and have him/her respond with as many rhyming words as possible. The one who has rhymed all the possible words leaves the game. The game goes on until all the kids have rhymed the words. Let children cheer up everyone who is leaving the game.