Nursery Rhyme Fun!

Nursery Rhymes are fun!

Children love them!

Most importantly…They provide a warm, nurturing experience between an adult and child.

Songs and rhymes for young children have been passed down for generations.  Sad to say…this is not always the case anymore.  
 

“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight.”  After I read that, I have been reciting nursery rhymes with Cayden like crazy!  

Isn't he just A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!?!

There is an enormous educational value in teaching nursery rhymes.  Here is how we use Nursery Rhymes in our classroom as a teaching tool. 

Nursery Rhyme Fluency Chart (Color & Black and White)

Nursery Rhyme Game (Color & Black and White)

Illustrating Nursery Rhymes

Labeling Nursery Rhymes with word bank

Labeling Nursery Rhymes without word bank

Matching Nursery Rhyme picture to word phrase

If you like what you see...you can click {here}  to purchase our Nursery Rhyme Unit! 

Because nursery rhymes are so popular, many children who don’t even know each other will still have these in common and care share the knowledge of each nursery rhyme.

If you and their friends are excited about making rhymes, finding patterns, substituting words etc., they will be too - it will rub off.

Thanks for reading,
Amber & LuAnn

Thank You...I Teach K Indy

Prayers and thoughts for all involved at Sandy Hook! May they find peace somehow, hopefully through love, faith, and support.

THANK YOU for attending our sessions at the "I teach K! Conference" in Indy.  We had a blast!  Look below for the extra goodies that we promised you. 

 Click {Right Here}  for the phonemic awareness activities shared during the "Reading Rocks" session.  

Found this picture on Pinterest.  Isn't Humpty so cute that you could just eat him up!

Hide the 4 sheep around the room.  The students will search for a sheep and tell the teacher what letter is on it.  This would be a great opportunity to use positional words, if a student is having trouble finding his/her sheep.   Click {here}  for a copy of the sheep. 

The students will draw cards with letters on them.  Say the letter and letter sound and then dab the letter around the clock until all of the letters are marked.  Click {right here}  for the ABC CLOCK.  Click {right here}  for the NUMBER CLOCK.

The students will write a color word on the line and draw a colored spider coming down to scare Little Miss Muffet,  Click {right here now} for a copy of the booklet. 

Please e-mail us if you have any more questions or requests.  We would love to hear from you!  Enjoy your holidays!   

Thank you, 

Amber & LuAnn