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Giant-Sized Rhyming Memory Game

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The weather is warming up and that means more time spent outdoors.  It’s a perfect time to take our phonological awareness learning outside.  Today we are rhyming with a fun giant-sized rhyming memory game that can be played alone or with a small group.

Play a giant-sized rhyming memory game to build phonological awareness. A perfect gross motor activity for outside or inside.

Getting the Game Ready

You will need 8 small colored paper plates, the print-out of rhyming images (see below), scissors, and glue.

laying out the playing pieces of the rhyming game

Print out the free download.  Cut around each image and glue the images to the back side of each plate.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE RHYMING IMAGES HERE

Playing the Game

Find a grassy area, driveway, or playground and lay the plates out in two equal rows.

playing the memory game activity to build phonological awareness activity

Each player gets turns over two plates and says each word.  If the pictures rhyme, the player has a match and should remove the plates from the board.  If the pictures do not match, they should be turned back over.  Play continues to the next player.  The person with the most matches wins.

For more outdoor activities, visit the Early Childhood Team’s ideas below.

Engineering Mud Bricks from Munchkins and Moms

Teach Tally Marks with Outdoor Math from The Educators’ Spin On It

Simple Outdoor Number Activities from Fun-A-Day

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Beginning Sound Melt

ABC Load Pull

 

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  2. Deanna Hershberger says

    I love that this memory game now includes gross motor skills. Great activity to get some of the wiggles out and still work the brain. I love it!!

    Thank you for sharing with Everything Kids!

  4. Rebekah Gienapp says

    My 4 year old has recently become obsessed with rhyming (including making up lots of words when he can’t think of something that rhymes.) This will be perfect!

  6. Beth T. says

    Love it! I’m printing this as we speak. I just happen to have some paper plates on hand for crafts and I thought this would be fun for my 4 year old daughter to decorate the plates, cut and glue the pictures on. She’s always trying to find rhyming words. What fun! Thanks Jodie!