Telling a Rebus Story

Reading the Rebus
Reading Collect several rebus stories from children's magazines in your library. Read several to and with your students. Then ask the children to cut pictures out of magazines or catalogs that they could use in a rebus story. Provide construction paper hearts on which to affix the pictures. In group time, write your students' stories on chart paper.

Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme
Students are first introduced to a variety of books using rebus writing. They then brainstorm lists of rhyming words that they could use in their own rebus poems. Finally, students create their own rebus poems and share them with an audience.

Colorful Creative Writing Rebus
Students will read rebus samples from various sources, then write poems about colorful places, including detailed descriptions of people, scenery, and objects. Finally, students create small, relevant illustrations to communicate meaning using symbols in place of words.

Rebus Rhymes: Mother Goose and others
These rebus rhymes are designed for students who are learning how to read.