Enhance your child's literacy with our "Rhyming Skills Phonics Worksheets for Ages 5-7." Perfectly designed for young learners, these engaging worksheets help kids identify and generate rhyming words, fostering foundational phonics skills. Each colorful activity nurtures their ability to recognize sound patterns, boosting both reading fluency and comprehension. By incorporating playful exercises, these worksheets ensure learning is fun and effective. Ideal for use at home or in the classroom, our rhyming phonics activities will set your child on a path to reading success. Ignite their love for words and rhythms with our expertly crafted, easy-to-use resources.


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Recognize Common Types of Text: Poetry

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  • 5-7
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Rhymes in Poems Worksheet
Rhymes in Poems Worksheet

Rhymes in Poems Worksheet

Poems are lovely works of literature; some with rhymes, and some without. This poem for kids is full of rhymes and tells the tale of a sheep. Read it aloud to your kids, then help them circle the rhyming words.
Rhymes in Poems Worksheet
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Rhyming Kites Worksheet
Rhyming Kites Worksheet

Rhyming Kites Worksheet

On a spring day, fly a kite! Kids Academy has a rhyming worksheet to boost your child's skills. Read the pairs of words aloud. Circle the kites if they rhyme, leave them blank if they don't. Listen carefully and find all the rhyming word pairs to complete this sheet!
Rhyming Kites Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet

Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet

This free worksheet assesses your emerging reader's ability to decode and match closed-syllable high-frequency words to the appropriate picture. The pictures are cheery and easy to identify, so your child will have fun and find success with decoding and matching.
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
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Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet

Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet

Check your child's ability to recognize middle word sounds using this free worksheet. Help them learn phonics by practicing with rhyming. Trace the line from the image to its rhyming match then encourage them to name each image aloud to identify which letter matches the sound. It's a great way to assess letter and sound recognition.
Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet
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Printable nursery rhyme: Rub a Dub Dub
Printable nursery rhyme: Rub a Dub Dub

Rub a Dub Dub Printable

Delight your child and foster early reading skills with this printable nursery rhyme, Rub a Dub Dub! Let your little reader select the three men in the tub and practice important reading comprehension skills.
Rub a Dub Dub Printable
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Rhyming skills and phonics are foundational literacy skills crucial for children ages 5-7. These early years are a critical period for language development, and mastering these skills can significantly enhance a child's ability to read and write effectively. Rhyming helps children recognize patterns in language and develop phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words. This auditory discrimination is a building block for decoding words during reading.

Phonics, on the other hand, involves understanding the relationship between letters and sounds and how these combine to form words. By learning phonics, children gain strategies for reading unfamiliar words, improving their reading fluency and comprehension over time. When teachers and parents emphasize rhyming and phonics, they provide tools that expedite the child’s ability to decode text, an essential step toward becoming an independent reader.

Incorporating fun activities like rhyming games, song lyrics, and phonics-based learning can make these lessons enjoyable and memorable. Ultimately, strong rhyming and phonics skills lay the groundwork for successful communication, academic achievement, and a lifelong love of reading. Therefore, it’s vital for parents and teachers to prioritize these aspects in their early literacy programs.