Hearing that two different words end the same way. Harder than syllables, and often does not land until four — so play, do not push.
You need: A sock and a rock, a cup and a cap, a pan and a fan, a log and a toy dog
Real objects, not cards — she cannot read yet and pictures invite guessing. Say both names out loud, then she puts the rhyming two together.
You need: Nothing
"What rhymes with cat?" Nonsense answers are correct answers — vat, zat, dat. Inventing a rhyme is harder than spotting one, and it is the better sign.
You need: Any rhyming picture book
Stop before the rhyming word and let her fill it in. If she supplies it, she has got rhyme, whatever the sorting mat says.
Carrying and setting down a tray with two hands. Everything else this term rides on it.
Climbing, hanging, jumping off something. Big muscles before small ones — she cannot control a pencil until she can control her shoulders.
Optional. Nursery rhymes are the point here — the sillier the better.
Catch every rhyme out loud: "those two sound the same at the end."
Press ⌘P — only the sheets below print, never this plan. A4, no scaling.
Say both words out loud before she decides. Put the two that go together side by side.
Week 2 — Rhyme. One line a day is plenty. Write what she did, not what she got right.
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Week 2 — Rhyme