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Games to Go: Make a Rhyme


Help your child to fill-in some new rhymes.
You can make them up together, or take turns.

  • A tree with a . . . bee. (or a key, a knee, a sea, a T . . .)
  • A boy holding a . . . toy.
  • A stick in a . . . zick.
  • A cat with a . . . bat.
  • A man in a . . . can.
  • A bug and a . . . hug.
  • A picture of a . . . kicture.

(We are focusing on rhyming sounds. Silly nonsense is fine.)
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Sing to the tune of Farmer In the Dell:

   A bug and a hug, A bug and a hug,
   Hi Ho the Derry-O, A bug and a hug.

   A boy has a toy, A boy has a toy,
   Hi Ho the Derry-O, A boy has a toy.

(Make up your own.)

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Play The Name Game
Song written by Shirley Ellis and Lincoln Chase

You can play with just one line, or a whole verse.

You can play with any name or word--but run it through your mind first, to eliminate words that result in unwanted rhymes.

Honey, honey, Bo-bunny
Banana-Fanna-Fo-funny
Fee-Fie-Mo-money
. . . Honey!

Joey, Joey, Bo-boey
Banana-Fanna-Fo-Foey
Fee-Fie-Mo-Moey
. . . Joey!

Bear, bear, bo-bear
Banana-Fanna-Fo-fair
Fee-Fie-Mo-mare
. . . bear!

Stick, stick, Bo-bick
Banana-Fanna-Fo-fick
Fee-Fie-Mo-mick
. . . Stick!

Apple, apple, Bo-bapple
Banana-Fanna-Fo-fapple
Fee-Fie-Mo-mapple
. . . Apple!

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