Learning with Nursery Rhymes, Grades PreK-K - Teacher Reproducibles, E-book

Nursery rhymes come to us from many lands, handed down from generation to generation. Learning with Nursery Rhymes is a must-have resource that presents 12 popular rhymes and provides ideas and props for teaching language arts and math concepts and skills using the rhymes.

Reciting nursery rhymes helps young learners:

• develop phonemic awareness
• learn numbers and letters
• practice beginning reading and math skills
• connect literature to real experiences

The format for each rhyme includes:

• the illustrated rhyme
• teacher resource page(s) that tell how to use the rhyme to teach language, math, and (where appropriate) science concepts
• up to 9 reproducible pages to use in teaching the lessons
• headbands, puppets, picture and word cards
• manipulatives
• and much more

The 12 nursery rhymes and examples of reproducibles that go with the activities include:

• Little Robin Redbreast-headbands, picture cards to retell rhyme
• The Noble Duke of York-soldier puzzle, soldier counters
• Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake-picture sequencing, record sheet for measuring
• This Little Piggie-finger puppets, picture cards to sequence
• Ride a Cock-Horse-storyboard with 3-D figures, patterns for rings & bells to count and sort
• Hickory Dickory Dock-a little book of new verses, pattern for "Where Did He Run?" class book
• Brow Bender, Eye Peeper-form for a picture dictionary of "people who do something" (adding er), pattern of child to use in pointing to parts
• Twinkle, Twinkle-starry night puzzle, spinning star cut and paste project
• Humpty Dumpty-picture card to build a rhyming wall, figures for counting
• Old Mother Hubbard-dog headband, bear/bare worksheet
• Little Boy Blue-storyboard with 3-D figures, sheep and cows for counting
• Hey Diddle Diddle-picture cards, little wheel book with moving cow