Easy to Play Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game

Kids love having games that they can play. Matching games can be fun for kids that like them. My youngest just loves games that you get to match something. We have been working on loads of learning to read games over the years.

We have done several games with matching the rhyming words. I have yet to do a picture matching game. I thought it would be fun to have one.

I made this rhyming planet and star matching game to work on a few simple rhymes to see which ones she could use some more work on.

We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission.

The Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game is a great addition to the space printables and rhyming printables on the site.

What are Rhyming Words?

A rhyming word is a repetition of similar sounds.

So rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound. So you will find words like cat and bat rhyming. But you can also find that cheese and peas also.

The rhyming planets and stars have a mix of rhyming CVC words, rhyming -VCC words, and rhyming CVCe words for kids to work

The focus is on the ending sound that rhymes. You are going to have the following rhymes:
map – nap
pen – hen
run – sun
fin – bin
page – cage
pile – file
cone – bone
call – ball
bell – smell
king – ring
block – clock
duck – truck

You can see one of the rhyming matching game pairs below. You want to match the star to the planet.

Things to use with the Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game Printable

• printer
• white copy paper
• white cardstock
• rings
• Planet Themed Writing Paper

Ways to Use the Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game Printable

Lay Out a Rhyming Matching Game

I laid out all the rhyming matchingcards and my girls got to look them over and had fun matching them. We look at the pictures and say the words and gets which ones matched the best.

Rhyming Matching Center on Rings

Something else we did with the rhyming card game to make them easy to keep track of was put them on rings. This allows them to flip through the rhyming cards to match them. Plus makes it easy to store them after you are done.

Rhyming Matching Game & Write Rhyming Words

After we had a few matches we did some taping out of the rhyming words and wrote them on our space themed writing paper. This allowed me to see how well she knew her different vowel sounds with word combinations.

You can always challenge them to come up with a their rhyming word.

What you will find in the free Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game Printables:

• A mix of -VC, -VCC and -VCe Word Family Pictures
• 4 pages of printables
• 3 sets per page

Click here to get your copy of the Free Rhyming Planet and Star Matching Game.

Check out these other space printables

• Hands-On Space Themed Sight Word Cards
• Outer Space Fun Planet Themed Writing Paper
• Phases of the Moon Bookmarks with Journal

Be sure to check out the other Printables from the 7 Days of Space Printables.

Check out all the fun Rhyming Word Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Check out all the fun Space Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com