Summary
“Rocco the Rhyming Rhino” is a Jack Hartmann learning song-and-movement video that teaches hearing the sounds inside words — rhymes, syllables, and word families. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or phonics review.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Before reading, children learn to hear the sounds inside words — the rhymes, beats, and patterns that words share.
- What sound or pattern do these words share?
- Can you clap the syllables, or think of another rhyming word?
- How does noticing word patterns help you read new words?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rhyme, syllable, sound, word family, pattern.
Try it: Pick a word and list three words that rhyme with it, or clap out its syllables.