Nursery rhymes come to us from many lands, handed down from generation to generation. Learning with Nursery Rhymes is a must-have resource that presents 12 popular rhymes and provides ideas and props for teaching language arts and math concepts and skills using the rhymes.
Reciting nursery rhymes helps young learners:
-develop phonemic awareness
-learn numbers and letters
-practice beginning reading and math skills
-connect literature to real experiences
The format for each rhyme includes:
-the illustrated rhyme
-teacher resource page(s) that tell how to use the rhyme to teach language,
-math, and (where appropriate) science concepts
-up to 9 reproducible pages to use in teaching the lessons
-headbands, puppets, picture and word cards
-manipulatives
-and much more
The 12 nursery rhymes and examples of reproducibles that go with the activities include:
-Little Robin Redbreast-headbands, picture cards to retell rhyme
-The Noble Duke of York-soldier puzzle, soldier counters
-Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake-picture sequencing, record sheet for measuring
-This Little Piggie-finger puppets, picture cards to sequence
-Ride a Cock-Horse-storyboard with 3-D figures, patterns for rings & bells to count and sort
-Hickory Dickory Dock-a little book of new verses, pattern for "Where Did He Run?" class book
-Brow Bender, Eye Peeper-form for a picture dictionary of "people who do something" (adding er), pattern of child to use in pointing to parts
-Twinkle, Twinkle-starry night puzzle, spinning star cut and paste project
-Humpty Dumpty-picture card to build a rhyming wall, figures for counting
-Old Mother Hubbard-dog headband, bear/bare worksheet
-Little Boy Blue-storyboard with 3-D figures, sheep and cows for counting
-Hey Diddle Diddle-picture cards, little wheel book with moving cow
Pages 112 ISBN: 1557996660
