Rhyme Time
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About Rhyme Time
Match rhyming pairs and sort words into families. Great early phonemic-awareness practice.
Ankhdase tracks 3 distinct skills in Rhyme Time, including Rhyming & word families, CVC words and Syllables. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.
How to play
- Listen to the word, then pick the one that rhymes with it.
- Tap the 🔊 button any time you want to hear the word again.
- Later rounds add odd-one-out and syllable clapping.
Skills Rhyme Time practices
- Rhyming & word families
- CVC words
- Syllables
Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.
Questions about Rhyme Time
- Is Rhyme Time free to play?
- Yes. Rhyme Time is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
- What age is Rhyme Time for?
- Rhyme Time suits ages 4–8 — roughly Pre-K to Grade 2. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
- What does Rhyme Time teach?
- It practices Rhyming & word families, CVC words and Syllables. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
- Does Rhyme Time work on a tablet or phone?
- Yes. Rhyme Time works with touch as well as a mouse, and every drag action has a tap-to-select alternative. Once the page has loaded once it also keeps working offline.
- Can teachers assign Rhyme Time?
- Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Rhyme Time as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.