How Rhyming Supports Literacy 1. Phonological Awareness Children learn that words are made up of smaller sound parts. Hearing the repeated ending sound (-at, -un, -op) trains their ears to notice sound patternsโa key foundation for reading and spelling. 2. Predicting and Decoding Words Once a child can read cat, itโs easier to read bat, hat, or flat because they recognize the shared -at pattern. This helps with โword families,โ speeding up decoding and boosting confidence. 3. Voc