Rhyming

There is probably no trickier part of early phonics than teaching children how to rhyme! Some children just get it straight away, and others take literally years, and can often read fluently before they are able to rhyme successfully. It is the one area I am asked about the most in early phonics, and so …

Rhyming is a very hard concept, and a lot of children take a long time to understand it. In ten years of teaching young children, I have seen many children learn to read fluently, and still not be able to complete a rhyming string. However, there are some steps you can put in place, to …