{"id":2053,"date":"2020-04-15T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:14:04","slug":"petas-fun-things-to-do-at-home-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"Peta&#8217;s fun things to do at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fairy-front-cover-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>9: Have fun with rhyming!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved rhyming! I remember writing silly poems and rhyming stories and plays when I was still at school. I like it when a rhyme takes a story or poem in an unexpected direction. My book <em>Hairy Fairy <\/em>was written in that way; the content of each section of the book is dictated by a word that rhymes with <strong>fairy<\/strong>, ie <strong>hairy, scary <\/strong>and <strong>wary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A great way to get started with rhyming is to draw up a rhyming grid and go through the alphabet finding rhymes for your chosen word. Here&#8217;s a grid I&#8217;ve drawn up, with some words that have lots of rhymes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"920\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-920x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-920x1024.png 920w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-768x855.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-624x695.png 624w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2-300x334.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-2.png 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a printable version (with more space for writing!) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rhyming-grid-pdf.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are lots of extra challenges you can try once you&#8217;ve completed your grid <\/strong>(if you want to!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>spot the <strong>homophones! <\/strong>These are the words that sound the same, but have different spellings, eg: <strong>be <\/strong>and <strong>bee <\/strong>or <strong>see <\/strong>and <strong>sea.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>use two of your rhyming words to write a rhyming couplet, eg:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The icy <strong>sea<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Stings my <strong>knee<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If you are feeling confident, why not use more of the words to write a longer poem? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>It was <strong>me<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Who made the <strong>plea<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>For the <strong>bee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To leave the <strong>tree<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And join us <strong>three<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <em>In time for <strong>tea.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter how daft it is, just have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9: Have fun with rhyming! 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