I’m absolutely enjoying the preschool we do together once a week with friends. It was my friend, Becky’s turn last week and we had a great morning learning nursery rhymes!
- Coloring Page … as the kids come in, have a handwriting coloring page for them to work on. There are tons to choose from here.
- Rhyming
- Introduce simple rhyming words to the kids.
- Use the kid’s names and let them rhyme …
- Ellie, belly, jelly
- Gwen, ten, den, hen
- Don’t be too concerned if they come up with words that aren’t real words (Matt, gat, wat). I just call those silly words and still get excited that they are catching on to the rhyming sounds.
- Read Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
- You can use any book of nursery rhymes, but this is one of the coolest nursery rhyme book I’ve seen. It is a pop-up book. Becky got this from her Grandma. I found it on Amazon here, but it’s an older book, so it’s pretty expensive. I love it though. I’m going to be looking for a copy in every book store I go in from now on
- As you do each of the activities below, read the nursery rhyme from your book or print the page provided.
- Hickory Dickory Dock … click the picture above to print.
- Read the nursery rhyme together a few times.
- Read the first line again. See if the kids can pick out the rhyming word as you repeat the 2nd line (dock, clock)
- If you can, show the kids a real clock that “dongs.” Becky had a neat cuckoo clock that she set to 1:00 and let the kids count the dongs! They loved it.
- Mary Had a Little Lamb … click the picture above to print.
- Read the nursery rhyme together.
- Think of words that rhyme with “snow” and “go”
- Print out the little lamb printable from First School here.
- Glue several puffy cotton balls to the little lamb to make him “soft as snow”!
- Itsy Bitsy Spider … click the picture to print!
- Read the nursery rhyme together. Use simple hand actions as you recite it.
- Go outside and look for spider webs!
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary … click picture to print
- Read the nursery rhyme together.
- How many words can the kids think of that rhyme with “grow, row…”?
- Go outside and enjoy the plants in your garden! We live in an area that has very mild winters. Becky has a winter garden and had herbs, radishes and lettuce for the kids to pick and taste!
- Or you could plant some flower or herb seeds and place them in a sunny window!
- Sing a Song of Six Pence … snack!
- Read the nursery rhyme together and find the rhyming words.
- Enjoy a yummy warm pie for a snack. We had delicious apple pie with pumpkin ice cream. YUM!
- If you’re feeling ambitious, you could cut simple bird shapes from the extra pie crust dough and place them on top of the pie (four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie!)
Thanks Becky for a great nursery rhyme day!