Lesson 7: I Spy a Rhyme
Main Concept:·
Children will practice identifying rhyming words through a fun, interactive game of "I Spy."

Warm-Up Activity: Regular I-Spy
Play a regular game of I-spy with colors. Example of this would be: “I spy something that’s red.” Answer: a red block on the floor

Main Activity: Rhyming I-Spy

• Play an “I Spy” round with the learner, but with a twist: the objects they need to guess will rhyme with the clue you give them. For example, say, “I spy something that rhymes with hat,” and the children can guess “bat,” “cat,” or “mat.”
• Encourage the learner to take turns giving clues and guessing rhyming words themselves. 
• You can make it fun by using silly objects or challenging them with more difficult rhyming words.
  
  

Prewriting: Hooks: (Hook shapes appear in ("j," and "q")

• Hook Toss: Use pipe cleaners bent into hook shapes and toss onto sticks or pegs.
• Draw the Hook: Pretend you’re drawing pirate hooks or fishing hooks in shaving cream or kinetic sand.
  
  

Extensions 

• Hook the Treasure: Use toy fishing poles with magnets to “hook” letters or rhyming picture cards from a sensory bin.
• Rhyme Climb With each rhyming word they say, they move up a step. If they’re stuck, you give a rhyming pair and they stay on the same level. Great for outdoors or large motor movement.
• Rhyming Art (great for older learners!) Give them a word (“bee”). They draw two things that rhyme with it (“tree” and “knee”). Bonus if they draw a silly scene using the rhyming words!