"The Ship is Loaded" Rhyming Game
To play the rhyming game, “The Ship is Loaded”, one person begins the game, by saying,
“The ship is loaded with cheese.”
The next person repeats the sentence and adds a word that rhymes with cheese.
“The ship is loaded with cheese and peas.”
Each person adds another word that rhymes with cheese while reciting the ever-longer sentence.
“The ship is loaded with cheese and peas and bees.”
This game ends when no one can think of another rhyming word.
You can then start again with a different word to rhyme, such as,
"The ship is loaded with logs."
Each person adds a word to the sentence that rhymes with “logs,” such as hogs, dogs, frogs, etc. until no one can think of another rhyming word.
"Clap and Count Words in Sentences"
Start the game by reading a phrase or sentence that you see while on the road. (Remember to keep your eyes on the road!)
Ask your child to repeat the phrase while clapping once for each word.
Repeat the phrase together, while counting the number of words.
If the scenery around you does not lend itself to finding phrases or sentence, just think one up.
Similar to the Clap and Count Words game above, start the game by reading a word that you see while on the road.
"Clap and Count Syllables in Words"
Ask your child to repeat the word while clapping once for syllable in the word.
Repeat the word together, while counting the number of syllables.
If the scenery around you does not lend itself to finding multi-syllable words, just think one up.
"Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting and Blending Sounds in Words"
Ages 3-4:
- Production and enjoyment of rhyme and
alliteration. (Six silly snakes sang songs.)
Ages 4 and 5:
- Rhyming one word out. (Which two words rhyme? Stair steel, chair)
- Recognition of phonemic changes in words. “Hickory Dickory Clock”, isn’t right. What should it be?
- Blending onset and rime. (What’s the word? th - under; qu - een; j - elly
- Segmenting initial sound. (Say the first sound in: beach, shop, peanut)
Ages 5-7:
- Syllable deletion (Say cowboy, now say it again without the /cow/.
- Phoneme segmenting with simple syllables. (Say the word mat in slow motion: /m/, /a/, /t/
- Phoneme segmenting up to 4 phonemes, including blends. (Say the word sleep in slow motion, sound by sound: /s/, /l/, /ee/, /p/.
- Sound deletion, initial and final positions. (Say the word bat, say it again without the /b/, at.
- Phoneme substitution to build new words. (Say the word snow. Say it again but change the /n/ to /t/, stow.
