50 Rhyming Words for Kindergarten Kids

Down they go!

Hail and snow!

Freezes and sneezes

and noses will blow!!!!

Just like Roald Dahl, poets have been weaving magical poems through rhyming words for centuries!!!! With their glitz and spark, rhyming words bring fun and life to the early language development of every child. It helps young kids learn and recognize sounds, improves their listening skills and gives them a firm foundation for reading. Whether you are a teacher, a parent or a caregiver, incorporating activities related to rhyming words can make learning an enjoyable experience for your little bears. Rhyming words are more than just fun. They also play a very important role in developing phonemic awareness in young readers. This ability helps them hear, identify and produce correctly pronounced sounds and eventually words. Engaging kids in such activities has many benefits. It can:

Boost their listening skills
Improve their memory
Helps them learn phonics
Increases their curiosity for reading

Let’s dive into our list of 50 Short Rhyming Words that are just perfect for kindergarten kids!!!!

Cat	Hat	Mat
Dog	Log	Fog
Sun	Run	Bun
Pen	Hen	Hen
Big	Pig	Wig
Cup	Pup	Up
Tree	Bee	See
Fan	Man	Ran
Tap	Map	Nap
Red	Bed	Fed
Box	Fox	Ox
Jet	Net	Wet
Star	Car	Far
Fish	Dish	Wish
Bat	Rat	Sat
Duck	Truck	Luck
Bell	Shell	Well
Mug	Rug	Tug
Book	Hook	Shook
Chair	Hair	Fair
King	Ring	Wing
Lamp	Camp	Ramp
Moon	Spoon	Boon
Ball	Tall	Fall
Bird	Word	Curd
Cake	Lake	Make
Door	Floor	Shore
Egg	Leg	Peg
Feet	Meet	Greet
Goat	Coat	Boat
House	Mouse	Browse
Ice	Rice	Mice
Jam	Ham	Sam
Key	Sea	Me
Light	Kite	White
Nose	Rose	Shows
Owl	Towel	Howl
Pants	Ants	Rants
Queen	Green	Seen
Ring	Sing	Wing
Snow	Blow	Show
Tree	Free	Bee
Van	Can	Man
Water	Daughter	Hotter
X-ray	Play	Say
Eight	Skate	Mate
Hill	Will	Kill
Cook	Look	Hook
Six	Sticks	Mix
Train	Rain	Mane

Including rhyming words activities can be both fun and educational at the same time. Here are a few ideas to try to get the fun started:

1. Rhyming Word Matching Game

How to play: Make a set of cards with rhyming words pairs. Now, mix them up and let the kids find and match them up. This can be an interesting game for kids to play with their friends and even create their own set of cards with rhyming pairs. This game can be played individually or in small groups.

2. Rhyming Treasure Hunt

How to play: Hide toys, pictures or rhyming pair cards around your home or classroom. Give clues to the kids to find these pictures or cards for each rhyming pair and let them hunt these down. To make it more fun, make pairs or groups which will help them also develop their teamwork skills.

3. Rhyming Bingo

In this fun game create bingo cards with rhyming words. Call out a word, and if the kids have the matching rhyming word on their card, they mark it. The first one to get a row filled wins!

4. Rhyming Word Songs

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are”. For centuries nursery rhymes have been children’s first exposure to songs and have helped them learn language. Sing along with them or just let them listen to the nursery rhymes. This helps them learn new words, improves pronunciation and lets them have fun in a musical way!!

5. Rhyming Word Art

In this creative exercise, you can ask children to draw pictures of their favourite rhyming word pairs. This not only helps them learn the rhyming words but also brings out the hidden Da Vinci in them!!!

6. Rhyming Word Stories

What better way to remember rhyming words than to make short stories of your own with them? This fun activity is a great way to strengthen vocabulary, sentence construction and storytelling skills.

There is no doubt that rhyming words are a “fun-tastic” way to make kindergarten and preschool learning time fun and effective. By including these 50 short rhyming words into your daily routine, you can help children develop their language skills in a fun and an entertaining way. So let’s keep them engaged and entertained by rhyming, playing and learning together!!!! Happy Rhyming!!!

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Article Author

Firdous Khan

Firdous is an imaginative wordsmith and a story teller. She has been coaching young minds to be able to express themselves creatively and confidently express their ideas since the past 12 years using her extensive experience in creative writing and public speaking. She loves reading and writing fictional stories, essays and poetries. As a true bibliophile, she continues to draw inspiration from the wonderful world of books and weave emotions into each piece of work. She believes in encouraging originality and fosters creativity in her students through her persistence, collaboration and constant support.

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