Benefits of Mother Goose Rhymes
"Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart..., they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight."
-Fox, M. (2001). Reading Magic. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
I love to use Nursery Rhymes and Traditional songs as a staple in my Kindergarten curriculum. One program I love to use is Singlish. I ran across this great resource many years ago at a conference in Texas. I have found that it truly builds oral language development. Of course it does, because it is simply posters and music for nursery rhymes and familiar tunes. Teaching vocabulary through song!
With the technology available to young children, nursery rhymes are becoming a lost art. Twenty years ago, you would be hard pressed to find a kindergartner who didn't already know most of these great rhymes. Today's kindergartners come knowing very few, so it is up to the early grade teachers to bring this magic to their childhood.
A great way to begin the school year is through the introduction of these great rhymes. I love using this unit in my kindergarten classroom, laying a foundation of rhyme that will carry throughout the school year.
My students always enjoy the rhymes all year long. Nursery rhymes are even the focus of our class program!
My grandchildren as well (ages 2-6) love to play the games and activities in this thematic packet, because kids of all ages love Mother Goose. It is a great tool to use at home as well as school.
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Product Description
This thematic unit, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, is strategically linked to academic Core Standards. It is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Table of Contents:
Shared Reading Activities
Mother Goose Rhymes: Saying or Singing Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes: Sequencing Nursery Rhymes
Hey Diddle Diddle Pocket Chart Activity
Literacy Activities
Mother Goose Mix-up: Building Working Memory
Humpty Dumpty Rhymes: Matching Rhymes
Blind Mice Chase: Identifying Letters
Mary Goes To School: Using Preposition Words
Mary's Letters: Tracing Letters A-Z
Little Lost Lambs: Hunting For Alphabet Letters
Math Activities
Little Bo Peep's Sheep: Counting Objects to Match Numbers
Under The Haystack: Identifying Shapes
Nursery Rhyme Patterns: Naming and Creating Patterns
Hey Diddle Diddle Numbers: Identifying Number Names
Nursery Rhyme Puzzles: Developing Spatial Reasoning Skills
Fetch The Pail: Counting & Writing Numbers
Songs/Fingerplays
Humpty Dumpty
Jack Be Nimble
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Little Bo Peep
Little Boy Blue
Jack and Jill
Little Miss Muffet
The Fly and The Bumblebee
Art Projects
Mary's Schoolhouse: Construction Project
Mary's School Portfolio Sample
Humpty Dumpty on a Wall
Writing
Hey Diddle Diddle Prewriting Practice
My Favorite Nursery Rhyme
Science
Insects & Spiders: Making Comparisons
Guided Reading Books
Mother Goose Land
Class Made Books
Mother Goose Rhymes
© Kathy Crane
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