State and model the objective
Tell the children that they will search for grub to feed a cub and hear and say words that rhyme with grub (such as shrub, cub, and tub). 

Practice the skill within an activity

Grub Cub

• Tape a grub picture card (see below) on the back of each shrub picture card (see below) and hide them around the room, with the shrub side up.
• Assemble the cub sack puppet (see graphic below) and introduce the puppet as a cub (another name for a baby bear) who likes to eat grubs.
• Explain to the children that a grub is a type of bug that bears eat and that it can be found in the ground under a shrub or bush.
• Have the children search the room and chant, “Find a grub under a shrub!”
• Have the children place the grubs in the tub as they find them and say, “Grub in the tub!”
• Feed the grubs from the tub to the cub sack puppet and say as a class, “Give the cub a grub!" 
• Ask the children to name the words used in the activity, that rhyme with grub.

Apply the skill 

Practice rhyming 

• Produce words that rhyme with grub 
  • Remind the children of the words they played with (grub, shrub, cub) 
  • Tell them you can think of other words that rhyme with grub (rub, tub, nub, scrub). 
  • Ask each child to think of a word that rhymes with grub. 
  • If a child doesn't respond in a few seconds, give him/her an option: 
    • "How about rub? Does rub rhyme with grub?" (Nod your head yes to let the child know that they rhyme)
    • "Do cub and shrub rhyme?" (Nod your head yes) 
• Recognize rhyming words 
  • Have the children repeat a set of 2 words (e.g. tub, rub). 
  • Ask the children to put their thumbs up if the words rhyme and thumbs down if the words do not rhyme. 
  • Repeat with other sets of words: (e.g., grub, shrub; tub, dog; rub, scrub; cub, cat; nub, stub; hub, ball). 
  • If children do not respond correctly, repeat the 2 words, emphasizing the ending sounds of the words. 

Practice blending and segmenting sounds into words 

• Tap sounds in words 
  • Have children identify the onset (beginning sound) and rime (the vowel and ending sounds) of words by tapping their head (onset) and their toes (rime) (e.g. cup = /c/ tap head, /ub/ tap toes). Point out that all of the words have the -ub sound at the end. 
    • cub = /c/ /ub/
    • rub = /r/ /ub/
    • shrub = /shr/ /ub/
    • nub = /n / /ub/