Rhyming Words for Kids

Words rhyme when they end with the same sound, like cat and hat. Hearing rhymes is one of the first steps towards reading, because it teaches children to listen to the sounds inside words. Here are 62 rhyming pairs from the FunMinds Sounds & Rhymes game, plus example words for each first sound.

Rhyming word pairs

Easy

• 🐱 Cat – Hat
• 🐝 Bee – Tree
• ⭐ Star – Car
• 🐸 Frog – Dog
• 🌙 Moon – Spoon
• 🐍 Snake – Cake
• ☀️ Sun – Run
• 🛏️ Bed – Red
• 🐟 Fish – Dish
• 🐷 Pig – Dig
• 🎩 Hat – Bat
• 🦆 Duck – Truck
• 🦊 Fox – Box
• 🧦 Sock – Lock
• 🚗 Car – Jar
• 🌳 Tree – Key
• 🦉 Owl – Towel
• 🚌 Bus – Plus
• 📖 Book – Look
• 🐛 Bug – Mug
• 🔔 Bell – Shell
• 🥚 Egg – Leg
• 🌽 Corn – Horn

Medium

• 🐻 Bear – Chair
• 🕰️ Clock – Sock
• 🐭 Mouse – House
• 🐐 Goat – Boat
• 🤴 King – Ring
• 🚂 Train – Rain
• 🦈 Shark – Park
• 🐔 Hen – Pen
• 👑 Crown – Clown
• 🦌 Deer – Ear
• 🧀 Cheese – Keys
• 🌹 Rose – Nose
• 🍇 Grape – Cape
• 🎈 Balloon – Spoon
• 🚪 Door – Four
• 🧤 Glove – Dove
• 🐑 Sheep – Jeep
• 🍯 Honey – Money
• 🍐 Pear – Chair
• 👻 Ghost – Toast
• 🥁 Drum – Thumb
• 👢 Boot – Fruit
• 🏀 Ball – Wall
• 🍵 Tea – Sea

Harder

• 💡 Light – Night
• 🍞 Bread – Bed
• 👟 Shoe – Two
• 🐋 Whale – Snail
• 📱 Phone – Bone
• 🏫 School – Pool
• 🦒 Giraffe – Laugh
• 🐌 Snail – Mail
• ✈️ Plane – Rain
• 🎤 Sing – Ring
• 🥶 Cold – Gold
• 💚 Green – Queen
• 🚪 Knock – Sock
• 🦘 Jump – Hump
• 🎈 Float – Boat

The harder pairs rhyme even though they are spelled differently, like shoe and two.

Words by first sound

Say the sound, not the letter name: "b" as in ball.

• a 🍎 Apple
• b ⚽ Ball
• d 🐶 Dog
• e 🥚 Egg
• f 🐟 Fish
• g 🐐 Goat, 🐷 Pig
• h 🐴 Horse
• i 🐛 Insect
• j 🧥 Jacket
• k 🎂 Cake, 🦆 Duck
• l 🦁 Lion
• m 🌙 Moon
• n 👃 Nose, ☀️ Sun
• o 🐙 Octopus
• p 🐷 Pig, ☕ Cup
• r 🐰 Rabbit
• s ☀️ Sun
• t 🌳 Tree, 🐱 Cat
• u ☂️ Umbrella
• v 🚐 Van
• w 🖼️ Window
• y 🧶 Yarn
• z 🦓 Zebra
• bl 🔵 Blue
• br 🍞 Bread
• ch 🧀 Cheese, 🏖️ Beach
• cr 🦀 Crab
• dr 🥁 Drum
• fl 🌸 Flower
• gr 🍇 Grapes
• ng 💍 Ring
• pl ✈️ Plane
• qu 👑 Queen
• sh 👟 Shoe, 🐟 Fish
• sn ⛄ Snowman
• sp 🕷️ Spider
• st ⭐ Star
• th 👍 Thumb
• tr 🚂 Train

Rhyming games to play at home

• Rhyme or not? Say two words and ask, "Do they rhyme?"
• Finish the rhyme. "I see a cat, sitting on a…" and let your child fill in the word.
• Silly rhymes. Make up nonsense words that rhyme with your child's name. Silly words count!

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