Curriculum

• Ready word cards: cat, bat, mat, hat, dog, sun
• Marker only if a card needs rewriting

1. Step 1. Show cat, bat, mat, and dog. Read each card aloud.
2. Step 2. Ask which words sound the same at the end. Have your child point to a rhyming pair.
3. Step 3. Say the couplet: “A cat sat on a mat.” Ask what word rhymed with cat.
4. Step 4. Give the target sun. Ask for a word that rhymes with sun, such as run or fun.
5. Step 5. If needed, offer two choices: “Does sun rhyme with run or with dog?”
6. Quick check. Success means your child points to at least one true rhyming pair from the cards and says one new word that rhymes with a simple target such as sun → run.

Worked example. From cat, dog, bat, the rhyming pair is cat and bat because both end with /at/. A new rhyme for cat is hat.

Optional challenge. Read “The cat sat on a _____.” and have your child fill the blank with a rhyme for cat, such as mat. Say the finished sentence together: “The cat sat on a mat.”

What to notice. Save a parent note naming the rhyming pair and the new rhyme your child produced.