English · Stage 3
Rhyme & Rhythm
Reading & Exploring — hear a poem's rhyme, clap its rhythm, and spot an aabb pattern
✦ English📘 Stage 3 · S3⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 7–8★ Free to start
I can read poems and notice rhyme and rhythm.
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Kavi Hears a Poem Sing
Kavi the owl opens a poem and listens. "Hear it? The line-ends chime — cat and hat rhyme! And when I clap along, I feel the beat — that's the rhythm. When the first two lines chime and the next two chime, that's an aabb pattern. A poem can almost sing!"
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What your child will learn
1Read Kavi's little poemTap a line to hear it, or press Read the page. Listen for the words at the ends of the lines.
2The -at family chimesWords rhyme when they end with the same sound. Poets put these at the ends of lines.
3Rhymes with cat, or rhymes with bee?
4How a poem singsRhyme is the chime at the ends of lines. Rhythm is the beat you clap. When lines 1-2 chime and lines 3-4 chime, the pattern is aabb.
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A peek inside
Which word rhymes with cat: hat, sky, or bug?
cat ends in -at → hat ends in -at
Try this at home: Which word rhymes with cat: hat, dog, or sun?
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
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