Rhyming Words for Kids: The ig and op Families (Kindergarten and Grade 1 English)

Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today we are playing with rhymes. Words rhyme when they end with the same sound. Pig and wig rhyme. Hop and mop rhyme. Let's meet two rhyming families!

Our first family is the i, g family. It says ig. Put a sound in front to make a word. P plus ig makes pig. W plus ig makes wig. D plus ig makes dig.

More words live in the ig family. Big, fig and jig all end with ig. Listen. Big, fig, jig. Can you hear how the endings sound exactly the same?

Our second family is the o, p family. It says op. H plus op makes hop. M plus op makes mop. T plus op makes top. A frog can hop on top of a mop!

Here are more op words. Pop, stop and drop. Stop and drop have two sounds at the start, but they still end with op, so they rhyme with hop and mop.

Let's sort words into families. Wig ends with ig, so it goes in the ig family. Mop ends with op, so it goes in the op family. Look at the very end of each word.

Now it's your turn. Which word rhymes with pig: top, big or pan? Say them out loud and listen to the endings. Pause and try. The answer is big. Pig and big both end with ig.

Great job! Rhyming words end with the same sound. The ig family has pig, wig and big. The op family has hop, mop and top. Practice rhyme families in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!