Why write the words and not draw a line between the pictures?

Matching two pictures can be done by luck. Writing both words means the child said them, heard the ending, and spelled it twice. The sheet is harder, and it is honest.

Is every sheet different?

Yes. Each print draws fresh pairs from the word families, so the rhymes change every time.

Kindergarten rhyming pictures

Kindergarten rhyming pictures worksheets

Rhyming pictures show two things whose names end with the same sound: a cat and a hat, a bug and a mug. Each row on this sheet is one rhyming pair from the same word family, and the child says both names, hears the match at the end, and writes both words on the lines.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core RF.K.2.a, RF.K.3.

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The kind of rhyming pairs you'll get

Say both picture names. They rhyme. Write both words.

dot
pot
jet
net
stick
chick

Each print draws fresh pairs from the short-vowel word families. Two pictures whose names rhyme sit side by side, each with a line to write its word on; the key lists the pairs.

Every print pulls a new set of rhyming pairs at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a kindergarten sheet

Kindergarten sheets draw from 62 rhyming pairs, 6 to a page. Pre-K to 1st grade print from the same 62 rhyming pairs. What changes is the standard (RF.K.2.a, RF.K.3 here) and the teaching notes below. Preschool sheets print 4 to a page.

Some of the words:

capnestjetchickstickzipdockrocktugstump

Rhyming pictures. Say both picture names. They rhyme. Write both words. 6 rhyming pairs per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Say the two names one after the other and clap on the ending: cat, hat, at, at. Then write. If the child cannot hear the match, say a third word that does not rhyme, like cat, hat, dog, and ask which one is the odd one out.

Watch for: Thinking words rhyme because they start the same. Cat and cap begin alike but do not rhyme; cat and hat do. The rhyme lives at the end of the word. Writing one word and copying its ending onto the other without saying it. Have the child say both names aloud before writing; the ear does the work, then the pencil.

Common questions about kindergarten rhyming pictures

Why write the words and not draw a line between the pictures?: Matching two pictures can be done by luck. Writing both words means the child said them, heard the ending, and spelled it twice. The sheet is harder, and it is honest.
Is every sheet different?: Yes. Each print draws fresh pairs from the word families, so the rhymes change every time.

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Aligned to Common Core RF.K.2.a, RF.K.3. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated September 2026.

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