Pre-literacy skills need to be facilitated in young children by providing strategies and engaging activities to support children as well-developed and functional readers (De Witt & Lessing, 2018, p. 1845). Pre-literacy involves a “set of skills, knowledge and attitudes to formal reading and writing.” Pre-literacy skills mainly focus on developing “emergent writing skills” and “phonological awareness” (De Witt & Lessing, 2018, p. 1846).

Rhyming helps children develop the skills they need to be successful in reading and spelling. The definition of a rhyme is when two different words end with the same sound.