Rhyme with Me
Words, rhythm, and rhyme come together to spark children’s imaginations, build strong relationships, and encourage learning. See how you can pair rhythm and rhyme with powerful, brain-building moments.
- Cost
- 100% Free
- Time to complete
- 2.5 Hours
- Provides a
- Certificate of Training
Recommended for
- Teachers who work with infants and toddles
- Families of infants and toddlers
- Childcare program and site directors
By the End of This Course You’ll Be Able To
- Explain how rhythm and rhyme improves early literacy skill in infants and toddlers
- Identify and recognize best practices for reading rhyming books with infants and toddlers
- Use brain-building rhythm and rhyme activities throughout the entire day
Why It Matters
- Rhythm and rhyme helps children’s brains make powerful connections to prepare their brains for learning
- Rhythm and rhyme moments are opportunities to build strong connections with children
How it Works
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Learn at Your Own Pace
You don’t have to finish the course all in one sitting. In fact, we recommend you take this course a little bit at a time, incorporating what you’ve learned in the classroom.
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Earn IACET CEUs
In order to pass and receive IACET CEUs for this course, you will first need to complete all the lessons, then complete the end of course assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
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Free Guided Resources
As you go through a course, we’ll introduce you to free resources that will help you implement what you’re learning.
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Never Learn Alone
Have a question on what you’re learning in the course or how to use a resource? Reach out to the Cox Campus community for advice or to lend a helping hand to others.
Lessons
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Lesson 1
Rhythm & Rhyme - A Lot More Than Just Fun Time!
Duration 13 minutesRhythm & Rhyme is an ideal time to be responsive and build not only great relationships with infants and toddlers, but also their early language and literacy skills. -
Lesson 2
Rhyme and Song Make the Brain Strong!
Duration 23 minutesExplore the many activities that fall under Rhythm & Rhyme and the important benefits these have for children. -
Lesson 3
You Bring Rhythm & Rhyme to Life!
Duration 22 minutesAt the end of this lesson you will be prepared to bring Rhythm & Rhyme to life by putting into practice all the different features of great rhythm and rhyme teachers. -
Lesson 4
Rhythm & Rhyme for All Ages
Duration 28 minutesIn this lesson you will learn what to expect from infants and toddlers in rhythm and rhyme activities and how to present these activities in ways that support their development and participation. -
Lesson 5
TIPS for Reading Rhyming Books
Duration 36 minutesWhen you finish this lesson, you will be ready to read rhyming books with infants and toddlers in three different ways using TIPS. -
Lesson 6
Rhythm & Rhyme All the Time
Duration 19 minutesYou can plan ahead to include a rhythm and rhyme activity at many different times in your daily schedule. This lesson will show you how. -
Lesson 7
Rhyme Lesson 7: End of Course Assessment
Duration 16 minutesIn this lesson, you will take the end-of-course assessment. You must score 80% or higher to pass the assessment and receive your certificate of completion.
Your Facilitator
Angela Shelton, M.A.T.
Rollins Center Birth-3rd Grade Facilitator
Angela is a Rollins Center Facilitator. She is a member of the Rollins’ Content Development Team for online learning courses for Cox Campus and provides online coaching on Cox Campus practices.
Success Stories
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"I love the Cox Campus courses because I am able to log on at my convenience and learn a little more information to help me be a better teacher/caregiver and even a better parent."StaceyInfant/Toddler Teacher
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"I have experienced more meaningful conversations with my students and have seen them flourish in literacy due to the incorporation of strategies I’ve learned."KatiePre-K Teacher
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"I have learned so much to take back to my classroom. I’m using these learning experiences to help strengthen the language of each child and I see a difference each day in the children’s language."DeborahTeacher
FAQs
The Cox Campus is the digital outreach platform for the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy. Our team is composed of experienced teachers, early learning and language experts, neuroscientists, school leaders, speech language pathologists and authorities in adult learning and curriculum design to give all children access to the Science of Reading to change the odds for all children.
When you sign up for the Cox Campus, you'll get access to interactive, video-based courses, hundreds of free printable resources, virtual workshops and webinars from early childhood development experts, and a community of child-pacing professionals and families.
The Cox Campus is for all child-facing adults to work to improve child outcomes and positively impact learning. We have courses and content designed for educators, school district leaders, medical professionals, childcare providers, families, and more.
Everything on the Cox Campus is available at no cost – ever. Thanks to generous partner investments and grant funding, the Cox Campus creates online courses and resources for child-facing adults so literacy is a reality for every child.
All the resources and courses on Cox Campus are created based on the latest research and science in early childhood development. Childhood development experts at the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School create all of the content based on strategies they implement in real classrooms.
New courses, resources, and teaching guides are released frequently. All of the content on Cox Campus is designed to help teachers, families, and community leaders with challenges they may be facing right now.
The Rollins Center, of the Atlanta Speech School, in some cases, may allow an instructor, facilitator, content editor or a subject matter expert or consultant with proprietary interests to conduct professional development activities at Rollins events, provided that appropriate disclosure of such interest is made. Disclosure of proprietary interest will be made on course material and at the beginning of the course/learning event, when applicable.
