Rhyme Time Fun: Word Families & Rhyming Words for KG

This interactive Grade KG worksheet introduces young learners to the joyful world of rhyming words and word families. Through pictures, matching activities, and simple word choices, children learn to identify words that sound alike, helping them recognize sound patterns in an engaging and age-appropriate way.

Topic: Rhyming Words and Word Families  
Grade Level: Kindergarten (KG)  
Grammar & Phonics Focus: Rhyming sounds, word families, phonemic awareness  

Why Rhyming Words Matter in Early Literacy  
Rhyming words help children hear and recognize similar ending sounds, which is a key pre-reading skill. Understanding word families allows young learners to decode new words easily, improve pronunciation, and develop confidence in early reading and spelling.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?  

This worksheet includes four carefully designed activities to build strong listening and sound-recognition skills:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Choose the Rhyming Word  
Students identify the word that rhymes with the given word by focusing on ending sounds. This strengthens auditory discrimination and sound matching.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blank with the Correct Rhyming Word  
Using picture clues, learners write the correct rhyming word, reinforcing sound-picture association and vocabulary building.

🔗 Exercise 3 – Match the Rhyming Words  
Children match pairs of words that rhyme with each other, helping them visually and orally connect word families.

📝 Exercise 4 – Choose and Write the Rhyming Word  
With the help of pictures and a word bank, learners select and write the word that rhymes, encouraging independent thinking and early writing skills.

This worksheet is ideal for phonics lessons, classroom practice, or home learning, making rhyming words fun and meaningful for young children.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Choose the Rhyming Word  
1. sun – bun  
2. hen – pen  
3. cap – tap  
4. rat – bat  
5. pig – wig  
6. fan – pan  
7. box – fox  
8. sit – fit  
9. cup – pup  
10. mug – bug  

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blank with the Correct Rhyming Word  
1. ten – pen  
2. hat – cat  
3. big – pig  
4. top – mop  
5. ran – fan  

Exercise 3 – Match the Rhyming Words  
Big – Pig  
Hat – Cat  
Log – Dog  
Pan – Fan  
Sun – Bun  
Cap – Ham  
Den – Hen  
Red – Bed  
Bug – Jug  
Jam – Tap  

Exercise 4 – Choose and Write the Rhyming Word  
1. Red – Bed  
2. Pet – Net  
3. Bug – Mug  
4. Hut – Nut  
5. Bun – Sun  

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