Kindergarten - Spelling

Kindergarten Rhyming Word Families Practice

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Rhyming Word Families

Kindergarten - Spelling - Building Confidence

Worksheet 1

  1. Which word rhymes with bat?

    3 empty boxes for a rhyming word.A row of 3 boxes for the letters of a word. 3 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  2. Write the ending shared by can and pan.

    2 empty boxes for a shared ending.A row of 2 boxes for the letters of a word. 2 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  3. Which word rhymes with tap?

    3 empty boxes for a rhyming word.A row of 3 boxes for the letters of a word. 3 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  4. Write the ending shared by bed and red.

    2 empty boxes for a shared ending.A row of 2 boxes for the letters of a word. 2 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  5. Finish the boxed word so it rhymes with pen.

    3 letter boxes, 2 of them empty.A row of 3 boxes for the letters of a word. 2 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.m

  6. Write the ending shared by pig and wig.

    2 empty boxes for a shared ending.A row of 2 boxes for the letters of a word. 2 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  7. Which word rhymes with top?

    3 empty boxes for a rhyming word.A row of 3 boxes for the letters of a word. 3 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.

  8. Write the ending shared by fun and bun.

    2 empty boxes for a shared ending.A row of 2 boxes for the letters of a word. 2 boxes are empty and drawn with a dashed edge for the missing letters.
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About this worksheet

Rhyming families help children connect what they hear with patterns they can see in print. Cat and hat share the same ending sounds and the same AT spelling, so learning one gives a useful clue for reading or spelling the other. The difficulty is that children sometimes match only the first sound, or choose two words that look alike but do not rhyme. This worksheet alternates between selecting a rhyming word and naming the shared written ending. Support pages use compact CVC families. Standard pages add common long-vowel patterns, and challenge pages include longer rimes while preserving the same sound-and-spelling connection. 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. The letter boxes show how much spelling belongs to the shared family after the listening work comes first.

What your child will learn

  • Recognize matching ending sounds
  • Connect a rhyme with shared letters
  • Separate the first sound from the rime
  • Use a family to spell another word

Worked example

Take /c/ from cat and /h/ from hat. Both leave at, so they belong to the AT family.

Common mistake

Matching words by their first letters instead of their endings.

Helpful hint

Cover the first letter and compare what remains.

Ending SoundsSpell Sight Words

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with rhyming word families?
Matching words by their first letters instead of their endings.
How can I help my child with rhyming word families?
Cover the first letter and compare what remains.
Are these kindergarten spelling worksheets free to print?
Yes. All 6 printable versions on this page are free to download and print, with no account needed.