More For Parents! Playing rhyming word games and clapping syllables can be fun for the whole family!
Rhyming words help children learn to read!
Most rhyming words have commonly spelled endings, but some do not.
Words only have to sound the same to rhyme.
It is okay to use either real words or nonsense words to practice rhyming with your child.
Early readers should be able to: see words like cat, bat, sat; hear the rhyming sounds; and see that each word ends in "-at".
Clapping syllables helps children improve their reading and writing skills!
Syllables are parts of words. Each syllable has its own vowel sound.
Breaking words into syllables helps the child to sound out words.
Putting the syllables back together into a whole word is called "blending".
Early readers should be able to: count syllables in a word (listen to the word "sister"; say each syllable separately (say "sis" and "ter"); and blend the syllables together as a whole word (say "sister").
