State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make art from things in a pretend cart as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with art, such as cart, mart, start, part, and heart.

Literacy Activities
Get the art cart ready to start

• Tell the children that they will make a cart to deliver art supplies.
• Ask for help taping the parts on the cart (e.g., the wheels, the steering wheel or yarn to pull the cart).
• Have the children put art supplies in the cart.
• Pretend to start the art cart.
• Help the children make the cart dart around to bring them parts to use to make art.
• Let the children make art with the art supplies—perhaps a picture of the art cart.

Recognize rhyming words

• Invite the children to line up.
• Ask the children if two words rhyme (e.g., ‘art and cart’).
• If the words rhyme, say "Art and cart rhyme" and let the children jump one step forward.
• If the words don't rhyme (e.g., art, sing), have the children stay still and say, "Art and sing don't rhyme."
• Repeat with other word pairs (e.g., start, part; cart, dog; dart, tart; mart, horse; apart, heart).

Rhyme with art

• Remind the children of the words that rhyme with art (e.g., part, cart, dart, heart, tart, start, mart).
• Ask each child to think of a word that rhymes with art (support as needed).