Kindergarten Rhyming Word Families worksheets

About this worksheet

Rhyming families help children hear the sound pattern that words share, which later gives a useful clue for reading and spelling them. Cat and hat share the same ending sounds, so learning one gives a clue about the other. The difficulty is that children sometimes match only the first sound, or choose two words that start alike but do not rhyme. This worksheet asks the child to circle the picture that rhymes, so no word has to be read.

Support pages use short, familiar families such as cat and hat. Standard pages add more rhymes, and challenge pages use wrong pictures that start like the answer. Ask your child to say each pair without the beginning sound: cat becomes at, and hat becomes at. If those ending parts match, the words rhyme. Say each picture's name out loud before choosing, because the listening comes first.

What your child will learn

• Hear when two words end with the same sounds
• Circle the picture that rhymes
• Ignore pictures that only start alike
• Say a rhyming pair aloud

Common Core standard: RF.K.2.A