these words outside of the context of our big rhyme chart also helped him see them in a different location and gave him another opportunity to recognize words and letters. when he went back to "read" the rhyme off the chart again his confidence in "reading" each individual word was a bit stronger.
i also liked how this activity helped him break down the rhyme and allowed me to show him that sentences are made of words. understanding that sentences are made of words and words are made of letters is a pretty big deal. when my little guy said to me as we were doing the puzzle, "wow, these words 