Session Objectives:
• Understand the importance of Nursery Rhymes.
• Learn various ways Nursery Rhymes can be
incorporated into the curriculum.
• List ways Nursery Rhymes can be used to meet
state objectives.
Nursery Rhymes:
Reading nursery rhymes daily helps
the student’s brain segment words
into syllables and hear similarities
between words that rhyme or start
with the same sound.
TEA Pre-K Guidelines:
B.6.Child can produce a word that rhymes with a
given word.
Nursery Rhymes Can:
• Enrich young children’s vocabulary.
• Provide opportunities for oral language
development.
• Introduce children to basic story structure such as
problem and solution, cause and effect.
• Be easily integrated into already existing themes.
• Be FUN and engaging for young children.
Teach each nursery rhyme for a one or two
week duration instead of “chunking” all
nursery rhymes into one, brief unit.
Teaching each Nursery Rhyme explicitly will
ensure that your students receive plenty
of rhyming practice throughout the entire
year.
Nursery Rhymes can be easily integrated
into your already existing themes
(see handout)
Classroom Library
Independent Practice
Create your own
Big Book
TEA Pre-K Guidelines
III.B.6.
The child gives the pairs of
words from a nursery rhyme
that rhyme.
Nursery Rhyme/Poetry Notebooks
Nursery Rhyme
Pocket Charts
TEA Pre-K Guidelines
III.B.6.
The child gives the pairs of words from a nursery rhyme that
rhyme.
Nursery Rhyme
Flannel Boards
Nursery Rhyme Puppets
Nursery Rhyme Music
Jack Hartmann’s Rhymin to the Beat Vol. 1 & 2
Dr. Jean’s Nursery Rhymes and Good Ole Times
Frog Street Press Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhyme Puzzles
Take-Home Activities
Acting Out Nursery Rhymes
Providing props for students to act out nursery rhymes will
help extend opportunities for developing early literacy skills.
See handout for details.
TEA Pre-K Guidelines
III.D.1.
Child retells or reenacts
a story after it is read
aloud.
Technology
Performances
Review of Session Objectives:
• Understand the importance of Nursery Rhymes.
• Learn various ways Nursery Rhymes can be
incorporated into the curriculum.
• List ways Nursery Rhymes can be used to meet
state objectives.
The End
by
Vanessa Levin
Pre-K Pages
vlevin@pre-kpages.com