Phonological Awareness Songs and Rhymes

Syllables

Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee

Hickety pickety bumble bee—won’t you say your name for me? (Luis)
Say it (Luis),
Clap it (Lu-is),
Whisper it (Lu-is),
No sound (Lu-is).

We’re Going on a Bug Hunt

Tune: "The Bear Went Over the Mountain"

We're going on a bug hunt.

We're going on a bug hunt.
We're going on a bug hunt.
What do you think we'll see?

We might see a but-ter-fly.

We might see a but-ter-fly.
We might see a but-ter-fly.
Flying high in the sky.

We might see a spi-der.

We might see a spi-der.
We might see a spi-der.
Spinning a lovely web.

We might see a bee-tle.

We might see a bee-tle.
We might see a bee-tle.
Crawling on the ground.

NOTE: Have children clap out the syllables for each bug name.
Add more bug names to continue the song!
 Rhyming

Which Two Will Go Together? Rhyme recognition/Matching

(To the tune of “The More we Get Together”)

Which two will go together, together, together

Which two will go together … /bat/ and /sun/ or /bat/ and /hat/?

Think of a Word Chant Rhyme production

(tap brain while thinking)
Think, think, think of a word.
Think of a word that rhymes with _____.

Down by the Bay Rhyme production

Down by the bay

Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
"Did you ever see a fly
Wearing a tie?"
Down by the bay.

Repeat with....
"Did you ever see a bear combing his hair?"
"Did you ever see a moose kissing a goose?"
"Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail?"
"Did you ever see a llama wearing pajamas?"
"Did you ever have a time when you couldn't make a rhyme?"
 Phoneme Isolation

What’s the Sound That Starts These Words? Initial sounds (could be changed
(to “Old MacDonald”) to middle or final sounds)

What’s the sound that starts these words:

monkey, moon, and map?
/m/ is the sound that starts these words:
monkey, moon, and map.
With a /m/ /m/ here,
With a /m /m/ there,
Here a /m/, there a /m/,
Everywhere a /m/ /m/.
/m/ is the sound that starts these words:
monkey, moon, and map.

Beginning, Middle, End Locating sounds in words

(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Beginning middle end.

Beginning middle end.

Where is the sound?

Where is the sound?

Where is the /m/ in man?

Where is the /m/ in man?

Let’s find out!

Let’s find out!
Identifying and Categorizing

Think of a Word Chant

(tap brain while thinking)

Think, think, think of a word.

Think of a word that starts with /k/.
*Or “ends with /t/”

Who Has a Word that Starts with ____?

(can be adapted to focus on final sounds)
(to “Skip to My Lou”)

Who has a word that starts with /d/,

Starts, starts, starts with /d/?
Who has a word that starts with /d/?
Dinosaur starts with /d/.

If Your Name
(to “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

If your name begins with /s/, stand up.

If your name begins with /s/, stand up.
If your name begins with /s/,
Stand up and take a bow.
If your name begins with /s/, stand up.
 Blending

If You Think You Know the Word Blending phonemes

(to “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you think you know this word, raise your hand (2x).
If you think you know this word,
Then tell me what you’ve heard.
If you think you know this word, raise your hand:
/k/-/a/-/t/

The Sounds in the Word

(to “Wheels on the Bus”)
The sounds in the word go
/b/-/e/-/d/, /b/-/e/-/d/, /b/-/e/-/d/.
The sounds in the word go /b/-/e/-/d/.
What is the word?

Segmentation
What Are All The Sounds You Hear?
(to the tune of London Bridge)

What are all the sounds you hear,

sounds you hear,
sounds you hear?
What are all the sounds you hear
in the word…pen?

Manipulating
The Name Song

Katie, Katie, bo-Batie

Bo-na-na fanna, fo-Fatie
Fee fi mo-Matie
Katie!
Willoughby Wallaby Woo

Willoughby Wallaby Woo

An elephant sat on you
Willoughby Wallaby Wee
An elephant sat on me!

Willoughby Wallaby Wustin

An elephant sat on Justin
Willoughby Wallaby Warla
An elephant sat on… Carla!