Rhyming is one of the first phonics skills young children learn, and these free printable rhyming maze worksheets turn it into a game. Each of the 10 mazes starts with a picture, and children follow the words that rhyme with it through the grid until they reach the star.

Every page is a black and white PDF with one word family maze, from at and an to ig, og and oat, so one page is a complete short activity for preschool and kindergarten children, at home or in the classroom. Print the pages in any order and work through the families one maze at a time.

Rhyming mazes worksheets bundle cover with a bunny, 10 printable pages

What Is Inside the Rhyming Mazes Worksheets Bundle

The 10 mazes cover the word families children meet first: at, an, ap, en, ig, in, og, op, ug and oat. Each maze starts with a picture, cat, can, cap, hen, pig, pin, dog, mop, bug and boat, and children follow the rhyming words, hat and mat, pan and van, map and nap, pen and men, wig and dig, win and fin, log and hog, hop and top, rug and mug, coat and goat, through the grid to the star.

Rhyming maze worksheets like these build phonemic awareness, the ability to hear that words share sounds, which later reading depends on, along with careful looking and following a path. Because the pages are black and white, children can colour them in after finishing, which turns every page into a second quiet activity.