Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

78 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 3B | Old King Cole

Extensions 15 minutes

Rhyming Words

• Tell students that you will read this nursery rhyme again, but this time
  you want them to listen carefully for rhyming words.


• Remind students that rhyming words begin with a different sound
  but end with the same sound. Review some rhyming words, or have
  students tell you a word that rhymes with the first word: cat/hat; big/
  pig; bake/take; ball/hall; etc.
  Old King Cole

[Tell students to listen carefully for a word that rhymes with Cole.]

was a merry old soul,

[Soul rhymes with Cole.]

And a merry old soul was he;

[Have students listen for the word that rhymes with soul.]

He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,

[Bowl rhymes with soul. Now have students listen for the word that

rhymes with he.]

And he called for his fiddlers three.

[Three rhymes with he.]

Every fiddler had a very fine fiddle,

And a very fine fiddle had he.

Oh, there’s none so rare

[Tell students to listen carefully for a word that rhymes with rare.]

as can compare

[Compare rhymes with rare.]

OOld King Coleld King Cole

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