Nursery Rhymes

Crafts

*spiders (Little Miss Muffet)
*horns - use t.p. tubes, paint yellow, add a cone and handle (Little Boy Blue)
*clocks (Hickory Dickory Dock, Wee Willie Winkie)
*glue wool or cotton on sheep shapes (Little Bo Peep, Mary Had A Little Lamb)
*lacing cards - boot (There was an Old Woman)
*make Humpty Dumpty - blow and wash out a real egg, glue to a piece of tube about 1" high, add accordian legs to bottom of tube, arms & hands to sides of tube, and face to egg, sit on a small box painted to be the wall.
*stars (Star Light Star Bright, Twinkle Twinkle)
*candlesticks - glue a t.p. tube to a small paper plate, add a pipecleaner handle, and a tissue paper flame (Jack Be Nimble)
*cat masks or puppets (Pussycat, Pussycat)
*pigs, piggy banks (This little Piggie went to Market, To Market)
*flowers (Mary, Mary Quite Contrary)

Science

*experiment with plants (Mary, Mary Quite Contrary)
*make rain (Doctor Foster)

Block Area

*add farm animals (Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Little Boy Blue, etc)

Dramatic Play

*set up a tea party and dress-up (Polly Put the Kettle On)
*set up a hair salon (Hippity Hop to the Barber Shop)

Circle Time

Songs:

*Many nursery rhymes have been put to music

Stories:

*Nursery Rhyme books

Games:

*Jack be Nimble - and jump over a candlestick
*Where oh Where has my Little Dog Gone (have one child hide and others go find him... can use a variation of hot/cold for this game also)

Water & Sand Play

*set up a farm in the sand table with cedar or pine shavings instead of sand
*Set up people and boats (Rub-a-Dub-Dub)

Outdoor Play

*Parachute games such as Cat and Mouse

Field Trips / Special Days

*Character Day - dress up as your favourite nursery character
*Visit a planetarium (Twinkle Twinkle, Star Light Star Bright)
*Have a baking day (Pat-A-Cake, Sing A Song of Sixpence, Jack Sprat, Little Jack Horner, etc.)


Printouts

Little Miss Muffet sequence cards       Little Boy Blue sequence cards       Humpty Dumpty sequence cards       Nursery Rhyme Matching Game       Nursery Rhyme Title Match

Related Sites

Hummingbird Educational Resources


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