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Fun Rhyming Songs {with Free Rhyming Cards!}

By thisreadingmama 13 Comments

Welcome back to the next simple tip from our Getting Ready for Kindergarten series! This week, we’re talking about rhyming and I can’t wait to share some of my favorite fun rhyming songs {with a free animal rhyming cards.}

Rhyming Songs that are FUN to sing - This Reading Mama

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**The free download link is towards the bottom of this post. Just look for and click on the teal download button.

 

Fun Rhyming Songs for Kids

The ability to recognize and produce rhyming words is an important part of understanding how the English language works {phonological awareness}. It is the foundation for reading and spelling words like cat, bat, and rat and understanding that they are connected by a rhyming word pattern.

Rhyming is a skill that can be totally FUN to learn! Today, I’m sharing some fun rhyming songs, but if you want more fun activities, be sure to check out rhyming songs for your daily routine, ways to play with rhyming words, or rhyming books you can sing!

If I could only choose 2 rhyming songs, by far my choices would be:

  1. Down by the Bay {made most popular by Raffi}
  2. A-Hunting We Will Go {a traditional song, I have the book}

I’ve used these two rhyming songs for 20+ years when singing with and teaching music {my undergraduate degree is music} to young kids. They are fantastic because they are open-ended. Once kids understand rhyming, they can use these two songs to create their own silly rhymes.

 

Animal Rhyming Cards - fun to sing with Down by the Bay - This Reading Mama

I have created 24 FREE Animal rhyming card pairs that you can use in particular with these two songs, although I’m sure you can do so much more with these rhyming cards! {keep scrolling for download link}.

 

animal rhyming card pairs to match Down by The Bay

There are rhymes that match Raffi’s Down by the Bay. The colored rhyming sets even have a watermelon-themed background.

 

more animal rhyming cards for rhyming songs

But you can substitute them for other rhymes/cards like, “Did you ever see a snail delivering the mail?” or “Did you ever see a frog hopping on a log?”

The same is true for A-Hunting We Will Go. Silly rhymes like, “We’ll catch a spider and give him apple cider…” will always get a laugh!

When kids feel more comfortable with rhyming skills, a fun idea is to leave the rhyming word out as your child fills it in, like: “We’ll catch some ants and put them in mom’s ______.” Of course, you don’t have to have the rhyming cards to make rhymes, but they can certainly help make the rhyming more visual and fun!

 

animal rhyming cards in the pocket chart

If you want to use them with multiple learners or at a center, the cards will fit nicely into a pocket chart!

 


 

More Rhyming Songs & Resources

A few more rhyming songs I’ve enjoyed using with kids include:

1- Willowby, Wallaby {also on Singable Songs for the Very Young album by Raffi},
2- My Aunt Came Back {from Kids in Action by Greg & Steve}, and
3- an open-ended Mary Had a Little Lamb that you can sing like: “Mary Had a little fish, little fish, little fish…she put it in a dish.”
4- The Corner Grocery Story {another fun rhyming song by Raffi}
5- Those you can read AND sing at the same time

 

Rhyming Books You Can Sing

Rhyming Books You Can SING!

 

20 Songs that Add Rhyme to Your Routine

20 Songs that Add Rhyme to Your Routine

 

rhyme time game boards winner

Rhyme Time BINGO Boards

 

I love these Rhyming Resources from The Measured Mom!

Rhyming Bingo
Rhyming Matching
Rhyming Word Sorting Mats
Rhyming Clip Cards

 

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~Becky

 

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Comments

  1. Donna Shepherd says

    June 28, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Thank you so much for the cute rhyming resource.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 15, 2016 at 11:25 am

      You are very welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Melinda says

    August 1, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    OMG you are awesome!! This is exactly what I was looking for! I’m teaching phonemic awareness to children in Japan. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Olga says

    November 16, 2016 at 11:12 am

    It is a treasure!!! Thank you very much! We played your cards a rhyming memo game!

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    • thisreadingmama says

      November 21, 2016 at 11:24 am

      You’re welcome! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed using them. 🙂

      Reply
      • Shondra morris says

        September 2, 2019 at 6:07 am

        Hi Becky! When I clicked the download button nothing happened.

        Reply
      • Shondra morris says

        September 2, 2019 at 6:18 am

        Hi Becky! Thank you for sharing. I got them now.

        Reply
  4. Tina S says

    June 7, 2017 at 6:19 am

    Your resources are wonderful cannot wait to set up and try.

    Reply
  5. ELENA says

    February 14, 2018 at 11:50 am

    Thank you very much for sharing!

    Reply
  6. MB says

    February 2, 2020 at 8:46 am

    Thank you so much!! My son is struggling with rhyming in pre-K. I will use these tools to work with him. Thank you thank you thank you again

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 2, 2020 at 3:48 pm

      You are very welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Cindy says

    February 18, 2021 at 11:17 am

    I was looking for some rhyming activities for my Pre-K class and stumbled on your post off Pinterest! Thank you so much for the cards and great ideas! This is exactly what I was looking for! : )

    Reply
  8. Connie Bimm says

    June 28, 2022 at 9:42 am

    These are great! Just exactly what I was looking for!

    I didn’t have enough colored ink to print, so I ended up coloring them. I am mounting them on cardstock and laminating them.
    I will use these in my music class AND I hope to set up a rhyming “center” and use them for a memory game.

    Thanks again!

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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