Pumpkin Rhyming Puzzles

Fall is the perfect time to bring some pumpkin-themed fun into your classroom with these free printable Pumpkin Rhyming Puzzles!

This themed resource will help your preschoolers and kindergarteners develop their phonological awareness while having fun!

Your kids will match two pictures that rhyme, and when they’ve found the right pair, the puzzle pieces fit together to form a pumpkin.

This freebie is part of the Fall Morning Tubs for Preschool!

Rhyming is a key skill in early literacy development, and these puzzles make it easy for young learners to practice hearing and identifying rhyming words in a hands-on, interactive way.

Whether you use this activity during literacy centers, small groups, or as an independent enrichment task, it’s a fun, seasonal addition to your lesson plans.

Getting Ready to Use the Pumpkin Rhyming Puzzles:

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What’s Included:

20 Pumpkin Rhyming Puzzles

What Else Is Needed:

Card Stock
Scissors

To prepare this rhyming activity for your students, fill out the form below.

Next, download and print the puzzles on white card stock.

Then, laminate the puzzles and cut them apart.

How to Use the Pumpkin Rhyming Puzzles:

First, your students will pick a puzzle piece and identify the picture on it.

Next, they will sort through the other puzzle pieces to find the one with the picture that rhymes.

Then, your kids will put the two puzzle pieces together to create a pumpkin.

The rhyming words include:

Medial Sound A: hat and bat, map and cap, can and fan, ham and jam

Medial Sound E: red and bed, jet and net, ten and pen, leg and peg

Medial Sound I: bib and rib, dig and pig, pit and sit, six and mix

Medial Sound O: pot and hot, fog and log, pop and mop, box and fox

Medial Sound U: cub and sub, rug and bug, nun and sun, cut and nut

These pumpkin rhyming puzzles are a fun way for your preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice rhyming this fall.

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More Fall Activities:

Are you looking for more fall-themed activities for your students? Check out these books and literacy resources.

Fall Books for Kids:

Reading picture books to your young learners is a great way to teach them all about the season.

The Leif Thief by Alice Hemming

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! by Lucille Colandro

Fall Activities for Kids:

With these fall-themed literacy activities, your students can work on letter recognition, formation, and more!