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Whether you're at the supermarket, the park or home, it is always a good time to practise rhyming words.

Recognising and producing rhymes is a key skill, which will help unlock important language and communication milestones when your child starts school.

Watch the video below to discover how to play this simple rhyming game with your child wherever you are.

What are the language benefits of rhyming with children?

  • Talking about words that rhyme can help children recognise sounds in words.
  • Spotting similar sounds in words helps expand vocabulary and teaches children how language works.
  • Research has found that being familiar with nursery rhymes and the words within them can help children learn to read.
  • Understanding the patterns of rhyming helps children understand that words that share common sounds often share common letters.
A boy in an orange coat sits on his mother's shoulders. They are playing a fun rhyming game together.
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You can play this game when you're out and about too. Use the world around you for inspiration.

5 more rhyming activities for children

1. Build a sentence with rhyming words

How many rhyming words can your child fit into one sentence?

Help your child build a sentence with a set of rhyming words, such as "the cat sat on the mat". Try adding rhyming words to your sentence together for a fun challenge.

2. Sing nursery rhymes

Nursery rhymes are an excellent way to begin teaching your child this early phonological awareness skill.

Find some nursery rhyme inspiration for you and your child.

3. Changing nursery rhyme words

Changing the words to a favourite nursery rhyme is a fun way for your child to experiment with new rhyming words.

Find out more about this fun rhyming activity.

4. Rhyming I spy

Instead of looking for words beginning with a certain sound, ask your child to find something in the room that rhymes with another word.

This is a great way to practise recognising those important sounds in words.

5. Category rhyming words

Pick a topic with your child, such as holidays or nursery. Have fun together finding rhyming words for different words in that topic.

See it in action with Daddy Freckle and his daughter Flo.

More rhyming inspiration and information

A boy in an orange coat sits on his mother's shoulders. They are playing a fun rhyming game together.
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You can play this game when you're out and about too. Use the world around you for inspiration.

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