A Tisket, A Tasket

Rhyming Procedure 1. Place small objects or picture cards in a basket, or ask children to gather some small objects from around the environment to place in the basket . (See the table on the next page for suggested items .) Be sure children are familiar with the items . 2. Have children sit on the floor in a circle . Select a child to carry the basket and walk or skip around the outside of the circle while the other children sing the song, “A Tisket, A Tasket” (lyrics are available on the internet) . 3. At the conclusion of the song, the child carrying the basket removes an item and places it beside a child in the circle . The seated child identifies the object, moves it to the centre of the circle, and then states a rhyming word for it . Real and nonsense words are acceptable . For example, if the object is a pen, the child may offer hen, ten, or Ben, or nonsense words such as fen, len, or sen . The first child sits down in the circle and passes the basket to the new child, who then repeats the process . 4. Continue the game as long as it holds children’s interest . Objects may be used again . Differentiate or Extend ▲ You may wish to invite every child in the circle to generate a rhyme for the object . Children may enjoy seeing how many rhymes the group can generate . ▲ Place the basket with the objects in an accessible place in the classroom so children can return to it and play the game on their own if they wish . A Tisket, A Tasket Objective Students will produce rhyming words . Overview As in the traditional game of the same name, children sit in a circle while one child skips around and places an item next to one of the children in the circle . That child uses a real or nonsense rhyming word to identify the object . Materials a basket; small objects or picture cards; paper bags or shoeboxes (optional) School-Home Connection Using paper bags or shoe boxes, create individual “baskets” of items for children . Allow them to take the baskets home and make up rhyming words with their families . Alternatively, invite children to bring objects from home to place in the class basket the next day . Play the game again using the objects children brought sample sample 76

Rhyming

Sample Objects for the Basket

Object Possible Rhymes

block book ball cup chalk doll frog glue hat mask mitten pen rock star tape

lock, sock, zock look, hook, vook tall, hall, mall zup, tup, bup dalk, talk, walk ball, rall, tall dog, log, hog do, new, shoe rat, mat, pat bask, fask, pask bitten, kitten, vitten hen, nen, sen clock, dock, zock far, jar, car cape, nape, shape A Tisket, A Tasket (cont.) sample