Page 13 - Literacy Skills

FUN WITH RHYME

• Children have their 6 bricks randomly placed on their
desks in front of them and teacher instructs them to:
• Hold up your red brick … give me a word that sounds the
same as red. (rhymes)
• Match the brick in your hand to something in the
classroom of the same colour.

Q: Can you think of something in nature that is the
same colour as your brick?

Variations:

• Hold up your red brick …. Give me 2 words that sound the
same as red. (rhymes)
• Think of something at home in your bedroom which is the
same colour as this brick.
• Hold up your red brick …. Give me 3 / 4 rhyming words
(bed / said / fed / led)
• Find something inside / outside the classroom which is the
same as the brick in your hand.

Q: Is it exactly the same, or is it a lighter / darker
shade of red?
Q: Can you give me 3 words that start with the
same sound as red?
Q: Can you make up a fun sentence in which BUILDING
every word of the sentence starts with
the same sound, e.g. “r” (Red LETTERS
rabbits run round and round.)

• Children use their 6 bricks to build the
first letter of their name.

Q: Can you use your bricks to create the
initial letter of your name?
Q: What is the name of the letter?
Q: What sound does it make?
Q: How many bricks did you use?
Q: How many were left over?
Q: Did you build capital letters?

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