Rhyming is an important part of the Kindergartener's development of early literacy skills - helping all of the children to improve their oral language skills by encouraging playful manipulation of language. Opportunities rich with rhyming, or playing with language, provides a strong foundation for all future reading and writing. During our work as a whole group, the children produced multiple words that rhyme. I invited some of the Kindergarteners to print their rhyming words - encouraging peer support and the reinforcing of strategies for figuring out how to write a word.
In the below photographs, AM shares that ran rhymes with fan. I invite her to write the word ran. With support, she reads the alphabet, looking for the beginning sound in ran - r. With some help from a peer, AM recognizes that ran ends the same as tan and fan! With a smile, she returns to her spot on our oval rug. It was a moment to celebrate, as the children - once again - came together to support their peer!
Learning new skills takes time. In the midst of rushed days, we must slow down and provide children with necessary time for solving problems as a whole group; encouraging children to be patient, supportive, and to work together in constructive ways.
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