Say it Loud!
The Bubble Guppies’ teacher, Mr. Grouper, sings lessons to help the guppies learn and remember new ideas!
Saying things out loud — as a chant or a song — can be a powerful tool to help children learn and remember new ideas, support language development, and boost social connections.
Chanting loudly together creates an emotional connection and helps people to remember the words! Children feel powerful when their voices are amplified by the group, and rhyming is a fun way to explore the sounds of words and letters.
Parent/Caregiver Tip: Rhyming can help make your child become a great reader one day! Playing with rhymes is a fun way to increase your child’s awareness of word and letter sounds — otherwise known as phonological awareness. Research shows that children with greater phonological awareness have an easier time learning to read.
Materials
- None
Instructions
- Let’s play a rhyming game with some powerful words.
- Can you say, “No?” When you say, “NO!” I’ll say a word that rhymes.
- Let’s try again and again — “No!” “Go!” “No!” “Show!” “No!” “Dough!"
- Can you think of other words that rhyme with “No?” Let’s try with another powerful word like, “Stop” or “Mine."
Vocabulary
Materials
- None
Instructions
- Let’s practice saying a rhyme together to stand up for what’s right!
- Let’s choose a rhyme from the list, or we can make up one of our own about an issue that we care about.
- I’ll say the rhyme, and you can repeat after me or we can take turns by each saying a line of the rhyme.
- Let’s chant together!
Vocabulary
Some rhymes to get you started:
Every day, in any way / Bullying is not OK! Hey you, don’t be mean / Help to keep our community clean! Water, earth, and air pollution / What we need is a solution! Don’t forget to scoop that poop! In your home and in your school / Being kind is really cool!
Materials
- None
Instructions
- Let’s think of a rhyme that we can chant together and stand up for what’s rightSaying things out loud — as a chant or a song — can be a powerful tool to help children learn and remember new ideas, support language development, and boost social connections.
- Let’s decide on a problem that we want to call attention to like littering, bullying, protecting the environment, or standing up for peace and freedom.
- Let’s think of some rhymes! We can use the list of samples to help get us started.
- Let’s practice our chant! We can teach our chant to others and help start a movement!
Vocabulary
Some rhymes to get you started:
Every day, in any way / Bullying is not OK! Hey you, don’t be mean / Help to keep our community clean! Water, earth, and air pollution / What we need is a solution! Don’t forget to scoop that poop! In your home and in your school / Being kind is really cool!Suggested rhymes to get you started:
- Every day, in any way / Bullying is not OK!
- Hey you, don’t be mean / Help to keep our community clean!
- Water, earth, and air pollution / What we need is a solution!
- Don’t forget to scoop that poop!
- In your home and in your school / Being kind is really cool!
