Preschool · Reading · week 3

Rhyme time: cat, hat, bat

Hear and enjoy rhyme by noticing that cat, hat, and bat end with the same sound.

Some words end with the very same sound. Cat and hat both end in "at." Words like that are called rhymes.

Rhymes are a fun sound game. Say them fast and they almost bounce!

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Say pairs of words slowly and stretch the ending sound so the match is obvious: "c-AAAT, h-AAAT."
  • Play with real rhymes from the topic first (cat, hat, bat) before asking the child to invent one.
  • It is fine if an invented rhyme is a silly made-up word (like "zat") -- the sound match is what matters, not real meaning.
  • Turn it into a game in the car or at bath time; rhyme needs no paper or pencil.
Talk about it:
  • What sound do cat, hat, and bat share?
  • Can you think of another word that rhymes with cat?
  • What is a silly rhyme you can make up?

Mastery looks like: They can tell whether two spoken words rhyme and can supply a matching rhyme for a simple word.

Common stumbles: Matching words that start the same instead of end the same; picking a word that means something similar instead of sounds similar.

See it visually

Interactive, spoken-aloud tools that show this idea in motion.

Rhyming WordsMatch words that end with the same sound and hear the rhyme.try →
Homework for this lessonType it, write it with a stylus, or print it for pencil & paper.open →
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