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
