I Spy

Objective

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

Target Words:

Materials:

Overview
The children will play I Spy as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with spy, such as I, sky, tie, and fly.

Literacy Activities
I spy

Place the small picture cards in a container.
Lay out the large picture cards or objects in the middle of the circle.
Explain that when you pull out a small picture card from the container, you will say, “Do you spy a ___?”
The children will look for the corresponding item, and when they see it, they will reply, “I spy a ___!”
Repeat until you have spied all of the items.

Hide and spy

Invite one child to choose one large picture card or object from the middle of the circle and hide it while the rest of the children close their eyes.
After the item is hidden, invite the child that hid it to ask, “Do you spy a ___?” Have the children look for the corresponding item, and when they see it, reply, “I spy a ___!”
Play the game until all the children have had a turn to hide an item.

More Practice

Tape all of the small picture cards to the board.
Have the children chant together, “I spy with my little eye a ___.” as you point to each picture card.
Fill in the blank with the name of the picture.

Objective
Recognize and produce words that rhyme with spy.

Materials

Activity: I Spy

Walk around in your house or outside with your child, and look for things that rhyme with the word spy (e.g., tie, Yy, sky, fly, fry, pie).
If you have trouble finding objects that rhyme with the word spy, use things that are easy to see, such as eye and thigh.
When you see an object that rhymes with the word spy, say, “I spy with my little eye a ___.” (Fill in the blank with the name of the object.)
After finding several things that rhyme with the word spy, ask your child what things you spied together, and make a list of the things your child tells you.

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

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