• Kindergarten
  • Reading & Phonics
  • About 10 minutes

Which One Rhymes?

Say the first picture. Which one rhymes with it? Circle it!

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How to do it

  1. Say the first picture.
  2. Say the three pictures next to it.
  3. Circle the one that rhymes.

Teaching tip

The wrong answers often start with the same sound, so kids have to listen to the end. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.K.2.

Which One Rhymes? worksheet for kindergarten phonics (rhyming, syllables and first sounds), free printable
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About this worksheet

Look at a picture, then circle the one of three that rhymes with it.

What kids practice

Before kids read, they learn to hear the sounds inside words. They notice words that rhyme, clap the parts (syllables) of a word, and listen for the first sound. This is all done out loud, so no reading is needed yet. Hearing rhymes, syllables and first sounds is the first step in phonics, before letters come in.

Watch for

  • Picking words that start the same instead of words that end the same for rhymes.
  • Clapping each letter instead of each part of the word.
  • Naming the letter instead of the sound, like "ess" instead of /s/.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full rhyming, syllables and first sounds phonics guide for kindergarten.

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