Resources for rhyming fun

1. YouTube videos have rhyming activities and songs that you can enjoy with your child. Here are a few to choose from:
   • In Jack Hartman’s 3-minute YouTube video, I love to rhyme, Jack gives two rhyming words and you help your child provide a third.
   • The Wiggles Nursery Rhymes 43-minute YouTube video provides a collection of nursery rhymes and children’s songs to sing along to with your child. These will help your child understand the sounds of English, which need to be known before they can be read.
   • LooLoo Kids Best Songs for Children is a 59-minute animated YouTube video with many rhyming songs. The words for each song are at the bottom of the screen. You could watch and sing along with a different one each day. Remember to revisit favourites.
2. The Five from Five website parent resources has 10 activities to get you started as well as background information you may like to read.
3. The BBC Bitesize has some interactive rhyme activities part-way down the page. Do these with your child. You read the word and your child drags the word to the right place or highlights the rhyming words.
4. ABC Education has 8 short lessons in Rhyme – sound, beat, repeat.  Do these with your child. There are brief instructions on the side bar for you to read and guide your child
5. Little People’s Literacy Learning module 18 on rhythm provides lots of ideas for activities you can do with your child to help them learn about rhythm and rhyme.
6. Little People’s Literacy Learning module 12 on listening provides suggestions to help your child gain effective listening skills, including having fun with rhymes.