Rhyming is such an important part in teaching your child to read. It helps them see spelling patterns within the words and allows them to sound words out. Here is a fun activity just in time for Easter. I did this with Ashlyn last year.
Use plastic Easter eggs and write one rhyming word on the outside of the egg. Write rhyming words on slips of paper and put them in a small basket. Repeat this with as many eggs as you want to use. I started with three and then continued to add more. I cut the bottom off of an old egg carton and turned it upside down. Then I placed the eggs on top. Have your child pick one word at a time from the basket and put them in the correct egg. I made four rhyming words per egg.
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I’m cutting out my words right now….great for lexi this year!
March 20th, 2009 at 10:29 amgreat idea! I’m bookmarking it!
March 20th, 2009 at 10:34 amThis is great. I’m excited to give it a try!
March 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pmGreat idea to try with our boys! Thanks a bunch!!
March 20th, 2009 at 5:22 pmI LOVE this idea and plan to use it! I always have fun using seasonal, fun things to teach! Thanks!!
March 21st, 2009 at 5:35 pmThis looks like fun. Very simple and creative.
You could adapt this to many other learning play activities.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Sharinskishe
March 21st, 2009 at 8:36 pmThat is a great idea. I love when you can incorporate the holiday into learning.
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:16 pmi dont like this idea kids want candy and not teaching things easter i mean school is what they do practickly all year long!
April 17th, 2011 at 11:32 pmToo true, Cassy. Why would anyone want to feed their child’s mind when they could be stuffing them with chocolate and sugar-covered marshmallows? It’s soooo much easier, anyway, just to buy some candy and let them eat it and watch Easter themed Spongebob and Dora all day on Nickelodeon.
Forcing your kids to learn on a weekend, a HOLIDAY weekend no less! For shame…they’re PRACTICKLY in school, like every other day anyway.
(I’m going to totally do the egg thing but we’re going to use pictures as my guy just turned three and loves rhymes but isn’t quite a reader YET!)
April 21st, 2011 at 11:56 am