ten pens

Overview 
The children will find ten pens as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with ten, such as hen, pen, and when.

Literacy Activities
Hide ten pens

• Hide ten pens throughout the classroom. 
• Explain that ten and pen rhyme and that the children need to look for ten pens. 
• When all ten pens are found, have the children that found the ten pens hide them while the other children close their eyes.
• After the ten pens are hidden, have the remaining children look for the pens. 
• Count the pens with the children once they all have had a turn to find the ten pens.
• Say, “How many pens do we have? Ten pens!” 
• Ask the children to think of a word that rhymes with pen each time you hold up a pen, such as then, hen, when, and den, supporting as needed.

Draw something that rhymes with pen

• Have each child take a turn drawing something that rhymes with pen on the large butcher paper. Give your children ideas of what to draw (e.g., pen, number ten, den, men). 
• Have each child point to their drawing and say what word they drew while you label their picture and emphasize that “___ rhymes with pen!”