Tap and Clap

Objective

Recognize words that rhyme with tap (e.g., "Do tap and clap rhyme?") and produce rhyme words (e.g., "Think of a word that rhymes with tap.").

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

tap
zap
rap
clap
flap
snap

Materials:

Tap, Tap, Clap chant
Book: Rap A Tap Tap by Leo and Diane Dillon (optional)

Overview
The children will say a tap and clap chant as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with tap, such as clap, flap, snap, and trap.

Literacy Activities
Tap, Tap, Clap chant

Read the book Rap A Tap Tap by Leo and Diane Dillon to the children (optional), pointing out the words that rhyme with tap.
Invite the children to join you in clapping then tapping.
Teach the children the Tap, Tap, Clap chant as you chant the line first and the children echo it back.
Have the children clap and tap with the chant, changing the style as desired (e.g., faster, slower).
Point out that clap and tap rhyme and help the children think of other words that rhyme with tap.

More Practice
Act out words that rhyme with tap

Call out a word that rhymes with tap and do a related action then have the children echo the word and copy the action.
Repeat with a few other words that rhyme with tap (e.g., flap - flap arms; clap - clap hands; snap - snap fingers), pointing out the words that rhyme.
Let the children take turns calling and acting out words that rhyme with tap for the class to copy.

Recognize rhyming words

Have the children repeat a set of two words (e.g., tap, clap).
Ask the children to show you thumbs up if the words rhyme and thumbs down if the words do not rhyme (support as needed).
Repeat with other sets of words: (e.g., cap, strap; gap, come; lap, trap; sap, map; chap, shoe; nap, rap).

Tap, Tap, Clap

(to the rhythm of I Said a Boom Chick a Boom)

I said a tap, tap, a clap!*
I said a tap, tap, a clap!
I said a tappy, tappy, clappy, clappy, tap, tap, a clap!
Uh huh
Oh yeah
One more time, slow-motion** style

* Have the children repeat each line of the song after you.
** Change the style of how you sing the song each time (e.g., cowboy style, fast forward style, snail style, opera style, baby style, etc.)

SEEL At Home

Objective

Recognize words that rhyme with tap (e.g., "Do tap and clap rhyme?") and produce rhyme words (e.g., "Think of a word that rhymes with tap.").

Materials

Tap, Tap, Clap chant

Activity: Tap and Clap

Teach your child the Tap, Tap, Clap chant to the rhythm of the "Boom Chicka Boom" chant (this is an echo chant, so you will say a line, and your child will repeat it back).
Add tapping and clapping actions and change style as desired.
Together, think of as many words that rhyme with tap as you can.
Say a word that rhymes with tap to your child and invite them to make up an action to go with it that you can do together.
Repeat with other words that rhyme with tap.

Tap-Tap-Clap-song