Pick a word and take turns saying words that rhyme with it. Keep going until you run out of words that rhyme.Then let your child pick a word. See if you can come up with silly ones to keep it fun like “slinky, pinkie, stinky.”

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Rhyming games, like this one, help your child focus on word sounds. This will help with reading and writing later on.


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