And how do you know? I mean, what exact setting/situation/activity do you/they do that shows you that they understand rhyme? And how old are they? And do they specifically know the word "rhyme" or can they just do it? And if they have been rhyming for ages, when was that skill mastered?
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DD#1 - yes, she rhymes. Makes up poems, songs, etc., so it's obviously intentional... she's been doing it a long time... maybe since she was about 4? She's 5.5 now.
ETA: Yes, she understands the concept of rhyming... we used to play rhyming games where we'd go back and forth trying to find words that rhymed with a word, like "cat" or "light".
DD#2 - nope. She's 4 next month.
DD#1--almost 7 & yes she can now...I've worked on it with her this past year (6yrs & in Kindergarten). She REALLY struggled with the concept & it was a red flag that she's dyslexic.
DD#2--she's 4.5yrs old, she could rhyme quickly & easily by 4yrs old. I know because I would ask DD#1 to rhyme words in the car & DD#2 would quickly answer first. It was one of the things that really alarmed me about DD#1's progress. DD#1 also was slow to speak, needed speech therapy, etc meanwhile DD#2 was an early talker & has a very extensive vocabulary & has spoken crystal clearly for a long time. They are very different in that regard.
DS can rhyme. He can give you word that rhymes (harder if they don't know exactly what "rhyme" means), anticipate a rhyme (many stories let you informally assess this) and tell you if 2 words rhyme (you can list off 3 words and let them pick the 2 that rhyme). He is really young for it though. He has known all of his sounds since about 2.5 and likes to play around with words and things in his head. He also knows the word "rhyme" just because I have called it that and he has a Leap Frog cd that we listen to in the car and there is a rhyming song.
I worked with 6 kindergarten classes and they almost all "got it" by the end of the year. Many came in knowing it, but our district has it as part of a phonemic awareness initiative that gives the teachers tools and assessments to check and assess rhyming as it is an important step for reading. We did a lot with exposure to nursery rhymes, listening activities and practice as a large and then small group.
For Gisele- this is something she has been doing since around the holidays or so.
That was when she really GOT and mastered the 'what sound does, (insert letter) make?
And then she really got how words sound alike. -
Gisele only watches 1 show a day- she just isn't a TV kid- she just doesn't like it. However the show she does ALWAYS ask for is Super Why- honestly I think sitting with her and watching that show helped her with the rhyming- and I just kinda picked up where the show left off.
She likes to play several 'games' when we go for our walks. And her rhyming game is one of them. Just something she made up and I play along. She can rhyme the usual easy words: -AT, -ING, -AP, -ATE, -ITE etc.
That's funny you brought this up. DS1 just started rhyming a few days ago. He is 3 yrs (turned 3 in April) old. I'm not even really sure where he learned it. He just started rhyming and decided it was hysterical so he hasn't stopped. Even now, he's up in his room for nap time saying, "Stop, wop" "hat, pat" "man, fan". The 2nd word is not always a real word though. He does understand that he's "rhyming" because we told him that's what he was doing. hahaha he just said "elephant, melephant".
I'm not sure what the typical age is for this skill. He's had a recent language explosion after being delayed until age 3.
Edit: I just realized where he learned this from. He gets Nat'l Geographic Lil Kids magazine and there's a page in each issue with pictures and you have to match up the pictures that rhyme.