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Preschool Rhyming Worksheets

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Picture rhyme pages for little ones: draw a line or cut and paste rhyming pairs, circle the picture that rhymes, and color the rhymes with cat and dog.

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Rhyming pairs

Each set comes as draw a line and as cut and paste, with the same pictures.

Which one rhymes?

Color the rhymes

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these rhyming worksheets

These preschool rhyming worksheets use big, clear pictures of words every young child knows: cat and hat, bee and tree, moon and spoon. Children say the names out loud and listen for the words that sound the same at the end.

The rhyming pairs come two ways with the same pictures: draw a line between the rhymes, or cut out the pictures and glue each one beside its rhyme. The "which one rhymes" pages show a picture in a box and three to choose from, and the color the rhymes pages ask children to find every picture that rhymes with cat or dog.

Every page has an answer key on page 2 with the picture names, so there is never any doubt about what a picture is called.

Standards

  • ELOF P-LIT 1Child demonstrates awareness that spoken language is composed of smaller segments of sound.
  • ELOF P-PMP 3Child demonstrates increasing control, strength, and coordination of small muscles.

How to use them

  1. Read a rhyming book or sing a nursery rhyme first, so the ear is warmed up.
  2. Name every picture together before your child starts.
  3. Say the two words side by side and ask, "Do they sound the same at the end?"
  4. Choose draw a line or cut and paste for the rhyming pairs. Both use the same pictures.

Teaching tips

  • Rhyming is about sound, not spelling. Keep the page in your hand and the words in the air.
  • Exaggerate the end of the word: "c-AT, h-AT".
  • If rhymes are hard to hear, try silly ones: "cat, hat, zat, pat". Made-up words count.
  • Most children find hearing rhymes easier than making them. Making up a rhyme comes later.

Questions teachers and parents ask

When can preschoolers hear rhymes?

Many children start to notice rhymes around age three or four, especially after lots of nursery rhymes and rhyming books. Hearing rhymes usually comes before making them up.

What if my child names a picture differently?

Use the picture names on the answer key, and say the name together before starting. A rhyme only works with the right word.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every page has an answer key on page 2 with the picture names.