Lesson 5: Rhyming with Nonsense Words
Main Concept: 
Children will practice rhyming by creating and identifying silly, made-up words that rhyme with common words.

Warm-Up Activity: Real or Rubbish?
Give your child a few rhyming words, but make one a “rubbish” word. E.g. cat, bat, rat, ZAT. Can your child tell which one is made up?

Main Activity: Rhyming with Nonsense Words

• Start with a simple word like "top" and ask the children to come up with as many silly, made-up words as they can that rhyme with it (e.g., “bop,” “flop,” “zop,” “plop”).
• As you go, encourage the children to be as creative and silly as possible with their word choices!
• After creating some nonsense rhyming words, make up a little rhyme using the words (e.g., "Bop, flop, plop, stop!").

Prewriting: Loops
(Loops appear in letters like "l," "e," and cursive forms)

• Ribbon Loop Dance: Use ribbons or scarves to make big loopy motions in the air with music.
• Loop the Hoop: Create loop patterns on paper with a marker tied to a string. Kids hold the string and loop it around paper obstacles.
• Bubble Wand Loops: Use loop-shaped bubble wands to blow bubbles and trace their motion in the air.

Extensions
Rhyming Game: Have a “Nonsense Word Challenge” where you say a nonsense word, and the children take turns coming up with a rhyme for it. Whoever comes up with the funniest or most creative rhyme gets to pick the next nonsense word.