I love teaching my toddler and preschool children nursery rhymes. One of my daughter’s favorite is Hey Diddle Diddle. When I can, I like to pair the rhyme with a craft, movement or a song. For Hey Diddle Diddle, we made a cute poem booklet. We also had fun learning Jack and Jill too! Pin It Hey, Diddle, Diddle […]
Nursery Rhyme Stick Puppet Props
While planning our Nursery Rhyme unit, I wanted to give my girls the opportunity to practice and retell the rhymes on their own. I found that making nursery rhyme stick puppets provided the perfect opportunity for practice. Doggie, Doggie, Where’s Your Bone? At first I wasn’t sure if my girls would appreciate my puppet plan, […]
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty
We are getting back into the nursery rhyme groove after taking a week off. Our nursery rhyme of the week was Humpty Dumpty! We’ve read Humpty Dumpty many times in our Nursery Rhyme book. I love to add sequence activities though to see if the girls can remember details. It’s also another opportunity to practice […]
Nursery Rhymes: Little Bo Peep Activities
Oh Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep—- and we found them! This was our first week working with nursery rhymes. We did several Little Bo Peep activities and crafts and read our nursery rhyme book and retold the rhyme several different ways. My 3yr. old almost has the poem memorized already! One fun way […]
Getting Ready for Nursery Rhyme Time
Starting in Feb. I will be posting Nursery Rhyme activities both here and on Totally Tots on Thursdays. Nursery rhymes are a wonderful way to introduce young learners to rhymes and develop phonemic awareness. Did you know that it is a skill to hear words that rhyme? I have been working on getting things ready […]
