Word Families: Onset & Rime
Word Families: Onset & Rime
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Help your child explore how words can be separated into two sound parts: the beginning sound, known as the onset, and the remaining part of the word, known as the rime.
Learning to hear these parts helps children notice similarities between words and understand how changing one sound can create a new word. This is an important phonological awareness skill that supports future reading, word decoding and spelling.
The colour-coded visual resources make this concept easier for young children to understand, while the demonstration video shows you exactly how to introduce the activity at home.
Make it easier
Use the colourful picture cards and point to the colour-coded sections as you say each part of the word slowly. Encourage your child to repeat the two parts before blending them back together.
Make it harder
Remove the visual cards and practise the activity verbally. Encourage your child to separate familiar words into their beginning sound and remaining word part independently.
Skills supported
- Hearing different sound parts within words
- Separating and blending onset and rime
- Recognising patterns and similarities between words
- Phonological awareness
- Early reading, decoding and spelling foundations
What you’ll receive
- A 4-page printable digital activity
- Colour-coded picture and word cards
- A step-by-step demonstration video
- Ideas for making the activity easier or more challenging
Recommended for: Children approximately 3.5–6 years old
Format: Printable PDF with online video access
Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be posted.
How do I get my resources?
Straight after checkout you'll see your access links on the order confirmation page, and we email them to you too. Printables download instantly and you can find everything again in your account.
Printing tips
Print on A4 paper at home or at your local print shop. Pop pages in a plastic sleeve or laminate them so your child can use them again with a whiteboard marker.
Can I share the files?
You're welcome to print as many copies as you need for your own family. Please don't share or resell the files.
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