Some of the common rhyming words are late, hate, fate, and sit, hit, bit, lit. Hat, cat, rat, bat, fat and kind, mind, find, bind are also a group of rhyming words. Other popular rhyming words are strolls and bowls, tolls and coals, enrolls and shoals.

When it comes to kids, rhyming is the best means of learning and helping children to discover and explore alphabets, words and language. Exposing tiny tots to rhyming words help them to have better understanding of alphabets and words.

There are ample of rhyming games for kids that can aid in developing strong writing and reading skills. Following are some of the infant activities that involve the use of rhyming words to add more joy and delight to the learning sessions.

Nursery Rhymes

Bring up various nursery rhymes in a class. Encourage kids to sing these rhymes and find rhyming words from the lyrics.

Rhyme Rap

Rhyming words recited in musical style are known as rap rhyming words and the act of reciting is known as rapping. Brainstorm multitude ideas for rapping and write the first line with kids. Ask kids to suggest and write one line each of rap. For a more lively and fun filled session, you can also develop some kind of tune or music to the rap rhyming words.

The most popular rap rhyming words are tuna fish – ludicrous – doin’ this, spaghetti – Serengeti – Eveready, incomplete – sink and weep – toilet seat, dictionary – pictionary – fiction’s scary and lackluster – just clutter – colonel mustard.

Rhyme Round

Gather a group of kids and ask them all to sit in a circle. Take a ball and roll it one by one to each kid. Every time a ball is rolled to another kid, ask him or her to say a rhyming word. This way each kid will brainstorm a new rhyming word.

Rhyming Hunt

This rhyming game can be played indoors. Take any object from the house like a mat or chair. Ask your kid to hunt for an object whose name rhymes with the name of the object you have selected. For example, if you select chair, kids have to show their hair and if you select mat, kids show hat.

Sing-Along

Sing harmonious rhymes and lullabies to soothe and comfort your kid. While you are singing rhymes to them, make a list of all rhyming words occurring in the particular rhyme or lullaby. Discuss the complete list of words along with their meanings and essentials.

Match the Following

On a large piece of paper make two columns. In each column draw objects or pictures that you like. Ask your kid to match two objects from each column that have names with identical sounds.

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People come to me all the time with similar stories, of how stress is negatively affecting their lives. Stress is a killer. It has been linked to everything from headaches and digestive problems to reproductive ailments and even heart disease. Stress has been shown to age us both mentally and physically and over time can kill us.

When you are stressed your body releases stress hormones. These hormones can cause inflammation to your cardiovascular system and, if left unchecked, can affect your immune system, metabolism and other body systems. Bruce McEwen, PhD head of the neuroendocrinology lab at Rockefeller University says, “Normally, in small amounts, these substances help the body adapt, but when they are chronically elevated they cause wear and tear.”

Let’s look at the categories of stress. The first type is acute or short term stress. This is known as the flight or fight reaction where the brain produces chemicals that tell the body to speed up, making it perform more effectively. This is the type of stress you’ll experience when another car pulls out in front of you causing you to hit your brakes suddenly. This is also known as distress.

The positive form of acute stress is known as eustress. This is the stress you experience when you receive a promotion at work, get married or buy a new house. These events are desirable but, just like distress, eustress can be equally taxing on the body, and if added together with other stressors can have negative results on our health.

The second type of stress is chronic or long-term stress. Although it can be triggered by the same type of stressors as acute stress, this type of stress can cause physical problems. Chronic stress occurs when we can’t, or won’t, let go of stress.

So how can we reduce our stress? Here are seven ways to cope with stress.

1. Recognize Some Stress is Good Some stress is good. The stress an athlete feels right before she bursts off the starting blocks. The stress you feel to make a deadline that will get you that promotion you’ve been wanting. The energy you get when you see an old friend or a lover. This stress gives you that burst of energy that enhances your performance at just the right moment. Used wisely, this kind of stress will allow you to push yourself that little bit harder when it counts most. Make stress your friend!

2. Avoid Stress Infected Individuals Overly stressed people are infected with stress germs and they spread them around indiscriminately. Soon, before you know it, you are infected too!

If you know that Charlie is always stressed at the first of the month when his reports are due, avoid him! If Sara is constantly complaining about how busy she is and how her kids are driving her crazy, avoid her! Protect yourself by recognizing stress in others and limiting your contact with them. Or if you’ve got the inclination, play stress doctor and teach them how to better manage themselves.

3. Model Calm People Modeling is a way of making yourself into the type of person you want to be. So model calm people, people who seem to naturally handle stress well. When people around you are losing their head, who keeps calm? What are they doing differently? What is their attitude? What are they saying to others? What are they saying to themselves? Have they been trained in stress management? What experiences have they had? You might watch them or, better yet, sit them down and talk with them. Ask them how they cope with the things that seem to stress everyone else out. Learn from the best and model what they do.