Learning Resources, LRNLER5462, Rhyme/Sort Rockets Activity Set, 1 / Set, Multi

Our family loves Learning Resources products and couldn't wait to see what they had to offer for 2013! One of the products I was most excited about was the Rhyme and Sort Rockets. Since I have three kids in the suggested age range (4-7) they were perfect "testers"! One of the things I love about all the Learning Resources products is that each toy comes with several items/choices. There are 80 cards to sort and eight different colored rockets! That meant that all three of my kids could play at the same time and still have plenty of room. I had a lot of fun playing with them and helping them with their rhyming skills! I also liked the real life pictures that were on each card. The rockets were easy to put together, the cards fit in them nicely, and they are just the right size for their little hands! I would recommend this great learning tool to any children who love games, rockets, and learning to rhyme!

One of the things my son loves to do is RHYME! He loves to play rhyming games where he picks a word and says as many nonsense and real words as he can think of that rhyme with his original word. Sometimes, that game can get old...to be quite honest so when I want him to learn rhyming but do it in an organized manner and with REAL words we turn to our new learning game: the Rhyme & Sort Rockets It is super easy to set up (just put the tops on the rockets and you are set to go!) and play and my son loves the rockets concept! You just simply place a photo card and word of your choice in the rocket doorway and then your child can search through the other cards and sort and find cards that rhyme that key word/picture. Then you can stick it into the correct rocket. It is a great learning game and is fun for all ages to find a rhyming word and put it in the rocket! My son asks to play this game everyday!

There are many things I like about the Rhyme & Sort Rockets. I like how colorful they are. The rockets come in lots of different colors. I really like how sturdy the picture cards are that come with the set. Plus, they use real life pictures so they are more recognizable to kids. My students did have a hard time knowing what a couple of the pictures cards were. Sometimes I even had a hard time knowing what the picture was. A nice thing is that the instruction booklet tells you what all the pictures are. It was really nice to have that. In my classroom, I put them out in a small group workshop center and I let the students sort the cards by if the words rhymed or not. The kids really had a lot of fun with them. Next time though, I think I am going to use them as a more teacher directed activity. I think it will be easier for them do. It was really fun for me to see how well they did on their own though.Rhyming Rockets Collage Another thing that is great about the Rhyme & Sort Rockets is that you sort the pictures in lots of different ways. You can have the kids sort them but beginning sounds, ending sounds, and more. I really liked the Rhyme & Sort Rockets and I am excited to use them for other learning activities with my students!

My son is 4 and just starting to enjoy rockets and just starting to work on beginning sounds. He is super excited when we get the rockets out and works with his sorting for a lot longer than any other methods we have worked with. Currently, our use is to sort beginning sounds, which is a recommended use, my only criticism being that there are NO tiles for some of the letters and in my opinion there should be at least 2 per letter. (And we have provided our own alphabet.) I supplemented with pocket chart pictures, but given the smaller size of the rocket slots, I haven't found anything else that will fit inside. Kindof a bummer. Hence the 4 star review on an otherwise excellent product.

My son is 4 and just starting to enjoy rockets and just starting to work on beginning sounds. He is super excited when we get the rockets out and works with his sorting for a lot longer than any other methods we have worked with. Currently, our use is to sort beginning sounds, which is a recommended use, my only criticism being that there are NO tiles for some of the letters and in my opinion there should be at least 2 per letter. (And we have provided our own alphabet.) I supplemented with pocket chart pictures, but given the smaller size of the rocket slots, I haven't found anything else that will fit inside. Kindof a bummer. Hence the 4 star review on an otherwise excellent product.

It's an exciting time in my house because my little 4-year-old is beginning to read! Now I've tried teaching her before, but unfortunately, it's next to impossible to do so before they're good and ready. Riley's showing all the signs though of reading readiness and so I'm on the constant hunt to find fun phonemic awareness games for her. Of course, with Learning Resources, I didn't have to look very far. Their new toy, Rhyme & Sort Rockets, may be just the tool I need to rocket my preschooler's early literacy skills into the stratosphere! The Rhyme & Sort Rockets game also comes with a handy activity guide, chocked full of great ideas on how to really utilize the power of this toy. Riley loved the different ways to sort the tiles and this new rhyming skill has oozed over into our daily lives now too. When we're in the car or just doing chores around the house, we're constantly rhyming new words we come across. We even make up nonsense words to use, but they always rhyme with the one before it. Our two favorite activities we like to play using the Rhyme & Sort Rockets game are: Rare Air - Lay out three cards (where two rhyme and one does not) and then ask the child to put the non-rhyming card in their rocket. Cosmic Consonants - Lay out three cards and say something like, "I'm thinking of a words that starts with b and rhymes with sat." The child then puts the correct card in their rocket. If you have a budding reader on your hands, be sure to encourage their early literacy skills in a fun and engaging way. I highly recommend the Rhyme & Sort Rockets phonemic awareness game from Learning Resources to launch them on their way!

The Rhyme and Sort Rocket set is a great way to make learning interactive and fun! We really enjoyed finding the right pieces for each rhyming rocket. I love the recommended ways to differentiate the learning process for various learning levels. A great tool to make learning fun!

The Rhyme and Sort Rocket set is a great way to make learning interactive and fun! We really enjoyed finding the right pieces for each rhyming rocket. I love the recommended ways to differentiate the learning process for various learning levels. A great tool to make learning fun!

The cards were very difficult for my five year olds to get out of the rocket independently. Every time they would go to dump the cards out one would be stuck to the bottom of the rocket. Very frustrating! Besides this the game is ok.

The idea of this is great and cute for the kids, but the square cards often get stuck in the round rockets. I have some that we've been unable to get unstuck from the bottom even with the use of tools. Also, some of the pictures are kind of ambiguous.