This large set of blackline rhyming cards can be used in a variety of games. There are 56 cards, or 28 sets of rhyming pairs.
These cards can be used for rhyming word matching, and I made them small in size so they can be glued to die cut shapes, or even the decorative cut-outs like Trend and Carson Dellosa make. You could also print them on card stock paper and use them as they are. If you need a larger or smaller size, use the reduce/enlarge button on a copying machine.
Games to Play with Rhyming Cards
There are numerous games you can play with pairs of rhyming picture cards. Here are a few. If you come up with some creative ways to use them, be sure to share your ideas in the comments below!
Rhyming Game 1
In this game, the teacher places 3 rhyming cards on table: two cards that rhyme and 1 card that doesn’t. Children guess which two words rhyme.
Rhyming Game 2
Children match pairs of cards that rhyme. One option is to give children about 6 cards and have them match the 3 pairs of cards that rhyme.
Rhyming Game 3
Another option is to pass out cards to half of the children in the class, and pass out the rhyming matches to the other half of the class. Ask the class to find their partner.
Rhyming Game 4
Pass out cards to each child in the group, keeping the matches in a pile to yourself. Shuffle your pile. Place a card in a pocket chart and ask the group who has the match. The child with the matching card will come up to the pocket chart and place their card beside your match.
Rhyming Game 5
The teacher “deals” out cards to each child in a small group. Each child should have about 5 or 6 cards. Call on the first child to say and show the first card in their stack. Other children look through their cards to find the match. Place the matches in the middle of the table.
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I am studying to be a teacher and while working on my unit, came across your website. You have very good ideas on teaching and getting the chidlren’s attention. I’m sure they really enjoy being in your classroom !
Thanks, Natalie!
I always go into this website. I love it. I just wanted to add one of my own. As a rhyming game, we have toy bowling pins. I divide the rhymes that match and keep the others with me seperately. I taped some of the rhymes on the bowling pins and have my pre-k class pick a card. Once they do, they try to knock down the rhyme that’s on the bowling pin. It’s fun and they are learning! 🙂
Thanks so much! These are great ideas!!:)
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Reta
This is my first year teaching prekindergarten and I’m pretty excited and nervous. Your site has help me a lot and has given me a lot of ideas. I look forward to see new ones. Thank you
Thanks, Kristie! I hope you have a great year!
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Sharon Lowe
Thanks, Sharon!
Thank you for the great ideas. I have a young 3 year old who is eager to learn. I like being able to spend some of our time playing that will allow him have a helping hand with reading and vocabulary. So long as it’s fun, he doesn’t mind me sneaking in a lesson.
Thanks!
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We plan to use your rhyming cards during a gross motor activity. In a small group of six kids, we will provide badge holders to three children with rhyming cards and then provide the matching cards to the other three. The task is to find your match. We will mix it up a few times to extend the activity.
I really enjoyed and learned a lot of ideas and activities for doing with my children. Your website is AMAZING!!!!!
Thanks you so much, these are great to use with my little ones.
Thank you Karen for sharing your amazing ideas on this website. I love how you have links to print out all of your activities and suggest using items that most teachers have in their classroom. Everything is right at our fingerprints. Using your ideas in my prekindergarten classroom has definitely enhanced my curricilium. You are a life saver and a fantastic teacher! We as teachers are very lucky to have this site as a free resource. Thank you, thank you!
Thank you! It’s really great!
I don’t know English very well. Could you help me with some rhyme? I can’t understand right words for pairs:
nail-letter
house-clew
…- stop
lamb-car
Hi Ira, those rhyming word pairs are:
nail – mail
house – mouse
top – stop
sheep – jeep
A “top” is a spinning top (it’s a child’s toy). Hope this helps.
Thank you!
I mean pair “house-clew” from Set2. Pair “house – mouse” is from Set1. Please, help me with this rhyme.
On the bottom row, there is barn and yarn. Is that what you mean? I’m not familiar with the word “clew”.
I’m sure you’re not checking this anymore, but I was curious, too; clew is another word for yarn. I got all of them (and noticed afterward that you have the matching pairs next to each other on the sheet), but can’t figure out what rhymes with bell; it looks like a snail, but I’m lost. Thanks! This is a great game.
Never mind; my daughter told me “shell” as soon as I showed her.
That’s right, it’s shell. I’ve never heard yarn called “clew”. Maybe a regional thing? I’m in Georgia in the U.S. Yarn is definitely never called clew here. 🙂
Great activities, but I don’t know some pictures like
… – nest
bed – …
hair – …
And the rhyming words that are beside the duck and truck, pie and tie…
The words are:
vest – nest
bed – sled
wig (not hair) – pig
The words beside duck – truck are: bug – rug
The words beside pie – tie are: lizard – wizard
(I will plan to make an answer key for this.)
Simply awesome. I love the ideas you have posted to help children learn in playful manner. Thanks for your effort of sharing your ideas.
Great going 🙂
I found great rhyming words activities!! and so great tips of different strategies to teach this skill to teach little ones
Hello Karen,
I love your idea of students finding their rhyme partners! I will be using this technique to practice phonological awareness skills with a kindergarten class when dividing the class into work groups. Thank you for sharing it.
Cheers,
Stacey