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Nursery Rhyme Lesson Plans

1. A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
2. Exploring Nursery Rhymes on the Internet - Complete nursery rhyme Internet activities.
3. Discover Nursery Rhymes - Nursery rhymes are one of the first ways that children discover the rhythm and rhyme of language. They are educational and fun!
4. Fingerplays, Action Poems, Nursery Rhymes, and Songs - Fingerplays and rhymes come to life during circle and large group times as preschool children show word meaning through simple actions and finger movements.
5. Hickory Dickory Dock - Identify the time on the clock of specific daily activities; e.g. school starts, lunchtime, recess, time to go home, etc.

1. Hold On, Humpty Dumpty - The student will recite the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty independently. The student will be able to tell safety rules for climbing.
2. Humpty Dumpty Sequencing - Perform rhymes by acting out sequence of characters.
3. Itsy Bitsy Spider - The student will be able to recite/sing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" nursery rhyme. The student will be able to identify words in a rhyming pattern.
4. Jack and Jill Sequencing - Understand and follow a sequence of events in the nursery rhyme.
5. "Jack and Jill" Picture ID - Print a Word document following directions.
6. Jump Rope Rhymes
7. "Making Our Own Wiggles, Jiggles, and Rhymes" - Participate in cooperative activities which enhance "multiple intelligences".
8. Mary Had a Little Lamb, Or Did She? - The student will be able to recite the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb." The student will be able to recognize and recall rhyming words.
9. Mother Goose, Cuts Loose - The student will dramatize at least one nursery rhyme using simple props. The student will use page numbers in a book to locate picture information.
10. Nursery Rhyme Mania - Many upper elementary students do not know nursery rhymes, a basis for literature. Nursery rhymes can also be used for many creative activities.
11. Nursery Rhyme News - The goal of this writing assignment is to write: a news story with headline and a summary lead based upon the same childhood nursery rhyme.
12. "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater"
13. Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse - In this lesson, students will use their senses to experience poetry. Students will listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They will also use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems. Finally, students will experience the joy of crafting their own original poems.
14. Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhymes - In this activity, students read, discuss and enjoy traditional nursery rhymes from China.
15. "Splish-Splash Poetry" - The children will participate in reading familiar words using rhymes. The children will write weather shape poems and songs.
16. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - The student will be able to recite or sing the nursery rhyme, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". The student will be able to identify words in a rhyming pattern.
17. "Who Took the Cookie From the Cookie Jar?"
18. "Whether the Weather"
19. "Wiggle, Jiggles and Rhymes" - Students in Kindergarten through Fifth grade will enjoy learning various types of poetry through music and movement including nursery rhymes, chants, tongue twisters, choral readings and limericks.