Video 7.16: Rolling a ball rhyming activity

 

A teacher works with a small group of children to reinforce the concept of words that rhyme using a rolling ball game (running time: 1 min. 20 sec.).

 

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Teacher:

Ok friends, we are going to play a game, a rhyming game. And I’m going to take my ball, and I am going to roll it to one of you guys, and I need for you to tell me a word that rhymes with pot. Ok? Wait your turn. All right Anthony?

Anthony:

Ok

Teacher:

Ok, here we go.

Child A:

Mop.

Teacher:

Pot?

Child A:

Mop.

Teacher:

Mop? Maybe… can you help her out Anthony?

Anthony:

Pop.

Teacher:

Mmmm, roll it back. All right, let me say it. Not pop, but pot, like a pot that you put on the stove. Ok? Can everybody say pot?

Children:

Pot.

Teacher:

All right, here we go. Can you tell me a word that rhymes with pot?

Child B:

Hot.

Teacher:

Good job. Can you roll it to a friend? My word is pot.

Child A:

Tot.

Teacher:

Good job.