A rhyming dictionary can be extremely useful for kids that have trouble with the sound system and haven't yet gotten the concept of breaking words up into smaller units. Rhyming is one of the first steps for beginning readers. For older readers who learn in different ways and who may be dyslexic rhyming is also a very useful tool to begin to break of the word.
Try starting with a vowel sound and asking the child to think of as many words as possible with that sound. Make a list. If words without that sound are proposed, but them in another list. | |
Now pick one of the words and try to find as many words as possible that rhyme. Go to the rhyming dictionary to find more. | |
Pick four of the words and make up a short poem with these words as the rhymes. | |
There are many rhyming games in the center! Ask for help if you can't find them. |
The Rhyme Zone link below has lots of other features such as synonyms and antonyms (many of the children in our program need work in this area). |
The online source can probably find more than you can think of, e.g., for rhymes with 'puke': duke, fluke, juke, kook, luke, nuke, souk, spook, ... |