Research has shown that nursery rhymes are a wonderful way
for children to learn about rhythm, rhyme, and vocabulary. It can be fun to add nursery rhymes to
storytime and you can easily find rhymes that fit your storytime theme. For example, Three Little Kittens can go
along with a variety of themes such as: animals, baby animals, kittens/cats,
mittens/winter clothing, pie/eating, emotions, lost and found.
Here are some ways to add nursery rhymes into your storytime:
Books
We have nursery rhyme books, such as Jane Cabrera‘s Old
Mother Hubbard and Keith Baker’s Big Fat Hen.
You can also read books with nursery rhymes within the text, such as
Cindy Moo or play on nursery rhymes such as Hickory Dickory Dog by Alison
Murray.
You can also use a nursery rhyme
anthology and read one or two from it.
(My favorite is Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose, illustrated by Scott Gustafson)
Music
You can sing many nursery rhymes or play a CD based on
nursery rhymes during your play and learn portion.
Interactive
Use flannel pieces to tell a nursery rhyme. You can make pieces or buy pre-made from such places as The Felt Source. Pieces can also be printed from websites such as PreKinders and use them on the magnet board.
Use puppets to introduce or “act out” a nursery rhyme
Let children fill in the last rhyming word.
Have children help you "read" the nursery rhyme with printed words and picture cues. These sentence strips are from Literacy Centers & Activities for Nursery Rhymes (volumes 1 & 2) from Teacher Created Resources
Ask children to repeat the nursery rhyme with you.
Play and Learn
Have the children act out a nursery rhyme such as “Jack Be Nimble” (with an unlit candle, of course!)
Make a “fill in the blank” nursery rhyme with pictures. Children cut out the pictures, glue them in
the correct place and then “read” the rhyme.
Scavenger hunt Hide
several pictures or objects that go along with a nursery rhyme. Make a picture list of items for children to
find.
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