Nursery rhymes are an essential part of every child's development. Not only are they a big part of pop culture, but rhyming is very useful to children, and I think that you would prefer to teach your children this skill, and not rely on Rhianna to do it for you. With that in mind, here is my story time unit on nursery rhymes.
Tomorrow I will be back with pictures of the crafts. And as always, if you have questions, just email me at misstiffreads@gmail.com
Happy reading!
Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Book: Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Rhyme: Make a Mud Cake/This is the Way We Wash
Make a mud cake, make a mud cake
In the mud, in the mud
Digging, scooping, patting, digging, scooping, patting
Just feels fun, just feel fun
This is the way we wash our hands,
Wash our hands, wash our hands
This is the way we wash hands
Early in the morning.
Book: Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things that Make Me Happy by Scott Menchin
Song: I Love Dogs from Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
Book: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies by Susan Meyers
Rhyme: My Little Puppy
My little puppy’s name is Rags
He eats so much his tummy sags
His ears flip flop and his tail wig wags
And when he walks his hips zig zap
Flip flop, wig wag, zig zag
Book: Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle
Rhyme: Love Your Pets
Love, love, love your pets
Love them everyday
Give them food and water too
Let them run and play
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
Craft Time: Dog Magnets
Here We Go Looby Loo
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Here We Go Looby Loo
Book: Bubble Bath Pirates by Jarrett J Krosoczka
Rhyme: Trouble in My Bubble Bath
There’s trouble in my bubble bath.
It’s time to disembark
Beneath the soap and subs there swims
The cleanest, meanest shark
Book: Rabbit Ears by Amber Stewart
Song: Wishy Washy Washer Woman
Book: Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
Rhyme: Animals on the Farm (tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo
Moo, moo, moo, Moo, moo, moo
The cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo
All day long!
(pigs-oink, duck-quack)
Book: Squeaky Clean by Simon Puttock
Rhyme: Bathtub Toys Rhyme
Little Duck, Little Duck, what do you see?
I see a squeaky fish looking at me.
Squeaky Fish, Squeaky Fish, what do you see?
I see a sailboat looking at me.
Sailboat, Sailboat, what do you see?
I see a clean child looking at me.
Clean Child, Clean Child, what do you see?
I see a Little Duck, Squeaky Fish, Soap Crayon,
and a Sailboat, that’s what I see!
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
Craft Time: Bathtub Sailboat
Hey Diddle Diddle
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such a sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Book: Two Cool Cows by Toby Speed
Rhyme: Airplane
The airplane has great big wings
It’s propeller spins around and sings VVVVV
The airplane goes up, the airplane goes down.
The airplane flies high all over town.
Book: Cows Can’t Fly by David Milgrim
Song: Moon Moon Moon by Laurie Berkner
Book: Over the Moon by Rachel Vail
Rhyme: I went to the farm
I went to the farm the other day
I saw a cow across the way
And what do you think I heard it say?
Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo!
Book: I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis & Alison Jay
Rhyme: Sleep Baby Sleep
Sleep baby sleep
Your father tends the sheep
Your mother shakes the dreamland tree
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee
Sleep baby sleep, sleep baby sleep
Sleep baby sleep
Our cottage vale is deep
The little lamb is on the green
With snowy fleece so soft and clean
Sleep baby sleep, sleep baby sleep.
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
Craft Time: Cow over the Moon craft
Humpty Dumpty
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Book: Humpty Dumpty by Daniel Kirk
Rhyme: Where’s Humpty Dumpty?
Humpty Dumpty, where did you fall?
Are you behind the (color) wall?
Book: Little Lumpty by Miko Imai
Song: Fixin’ Humpty Dumpty
I stand up straight and I stand up tall
I’m walk-walk-walking across the wall
My knees get weak and I start to crawl
Then I shudder and start to fall.
Chorus:
Fallin’ down again
Fallin’ on all the king’s men
All the king’s horses and the king too
Couldn’t put me together, can you?
Don’t you worry, you’ve got it made
All you need is a big bandaid
You fell down and I do too.
What you’ve got is a big boo-boo
Chorus Again
Book: Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg by Tom Ross and Rex Barron
Rhyme: I Can Paint
I can paint, how about you?
I can paint, how about you?
I can paint, how about you?
Paint on the floor like I do!
(paint on your arm, leg, stomach, etc)
Book: The Cow that Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
Activity: Walk on the Wall
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
Craft Time: Take Home Humpty Dumpty
Muffin Man
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Muffin Man
Big Book: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Jaffe Numeroff
Game: Moose See, Moose Do
Book: What’s Cookin’ by Nancy Coffelt
Song: Cookie Bakers of the Night by Laurie Berkner
Book: Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington
Rhyme: Make a Cake
Mix the batter, stir the batter
Shake some flower in.
Mix the batter, stir the batter
Pour it in a tin.
Sprinkle on some raisins
And put it in to bake.
Open up the oven door
And out comes the cake
Book: To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda
Activity: Food Type Match
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
Craft Time: Mother Goose Village Map
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Opening Song: Hello Everybody
Opening Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again.
Book: The Eensy Weensy Spider by Mary Ann Hoberman
Rhyme: Spiders Spin
At early morn, the spiders spin
And by and by a fly drops in
And when they call the spiders say
Take off your things and stay all day!
Book: The Roly-Poly Spider by Jill Sardegna
Song: Spider on the Floor by Raffi
Book: Aaaaaaagghh! A Spider by Lydia Monks
Rhyme: The Spider in the Web (Tune Farmer in the Dell)
The spider in the web, the spider in the web
Spin, spin oh watch him spin. The spider in the web.
The spider eats a fly, the spider eats a fly
Spin, spin oh watch him spin the spider eats a fly.
(substitute other insects)
Closing Rhyme: Thank You Clap
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