Lesson 4: Creating a Silly Rhyming Song

Lesson 4: Creating a Silly Rhyming Song

• Review the main activity from Lesson 1. 
• Begin by singing a favorite song, such as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and pause occasionally, prompting the children to guess the rhyming word.
• Example: "Twinkle, twinkle, little _____ (star). What goes there? How I wonder what you......"

• Sing a familiar song, such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” and encourage the child to come up with a silly, made-up word to replace one of the original words in the song.
• For example, you might change "star" to the made-up word "zar," and sing: "Twinkle, twinkle, little zar."
• Encourage the child to think of other silly word substitutions and sing them together. Easier version: Make up the rhymes yourself while your child joins in. Offer two choices, such as “Does zar or boat rhyme with star?” They can point or repeat your rhyme instead of inventing one.

• Spiral Spin Art: Use a salad spinner with paint and paper circles to make spirals, then trace the shapes.
• Follow the Snail: Draw a big spiral on the ground and have kids pretend to be snails crawling the spiral path.
• Spaghetti Spirals: Use cooked spaghetti to form spirals on a tray or playdough mat.

• Creative Performance: Invite children to perform their silly rhyming song to the family. 
• Interactive Rhyming Craft: Have children create a "songbook" by drawing pictures for the rhyming words they used in the song. They can glue their picture next to the written or traced word.