Overview
The children will help sick chicks as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with chick, such as pick, sick, stick, and lick. 

Literary Activity
Pick a sick chick

• Tape the Sick Chick and Not Sick Chick signs to opposite sides of the room, and glue the chick pictures to the Popsicle sticks and place them in the can.
• Let a child pick a chick stick from the can while the rest of the children chants, “Pick a chick stick!” 
• After the child has chosen, ask, “Is the chick on a stick sick?”   
  • If the picture shows a sick chick, have the children respond, “Yes, the chick is sick,” and have the children pretend to walk like a sick chick before placing the chick under the Sick Chick sign.  
  • If the picture shows a chick that is not sick, have the children respond, “No, the chick is not sick,” and have the children pretend to walk like a quick chick before putting the chick stick on the opposite side.  

More Practice
Recognize rhyming words

• Help the children say, “The chick on the stick is not sick,” while clapping along with each word in the sentence that rhymes with chick. 
• Help the children say, “The chick on the stick is sick,” clapping each time they hear a word that rhymes with chick. 

Produce rhyming words

• Make a list of words on the board that the children can remember, and think of other words that rhyme with chick.
• Once the list is complete, encourage the children to repeat the list.