Nursery Rhyme Activities, Poems, Poetry, and Games for PreK and Kindergarten

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Nurture a love for nursery rhymes and foster early literacy skills with the Nursery Rhyme Activities, Poems, Poetry and Games for PreK and Kindergarten! Your class will love these nursery rhymes and hands-on activities!

 

This comprehensive bundle includes 10 nursery rhymes, including “Hickory, Dickory Dock,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “Jack and Jill,” and more. Each poem comes with its own set of engaging activities and teaching lessons, allowing you to integrate nursery rhymes into your curriculum seamlessly.

 

Foster fluency and comprehension: The included 5-day fluency plan allows you to guide your students through a week-long exploration of each nursery rhyme. This plan helps students build fluency, develop comprehension skills, and deepen their understanding of rhyme, rhythm, and language patterns. The emergent readers and student copies provided for each poem allow students to practice reading independently and engage with the text.

 

Engage in interactive word work: This resource includes word work activities and printables that enhance phonics and letter recognition skills. From letter sound sorts to differentiated response pages, these engaging activities make learning letters and sounds a fun and interactive experience.

 

Create a captivating literacy center: Set up a dedicated poetry center in your classroom by adding the weekly poems to your collection. This allows students to revisit and explore the nursery rhymes at their own pace, reinforcing their learning and fostering a love for reading and language.

 

Immerse in math and literacy activities with centers! Take the learning beyond nursery rhymes with the included literacy and math stations. From letter formation and simple rhyming to numeral recognition and shape sorting, these hands-on activities align with the Common Core Standards and provide a well-rounded learning experience for your young learners.

 

HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IS INCLUDED:

 

10 nursery rhymes are included:

•Hickory, Dickory Doc: Hickcory, Dickory Doc poem

•Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star poem

•Old Mother Hubbard: Old Mother Hubbard poem

•Itsy Bitsy Spider: Itsy Bitsy Spider poem

•Jack and Jill: Jack and Jill poem

•Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep poem

•Hickory, Dickory, Dock: Hickory, Dickory, Dock poem

•Little Miss Muffet: Little Miss Muffet poem

•Little Bo Peep: Little Bo Peep poem

•Humpty Dumpty: Humpty Dumpty poem

 

Each poem includes the following:

→Common core standards aligned chart.

→5 day fluency plan so you can keep these poetry activities going all week

→An emergent reader for each poem

→A student copy for their poetry notebook

→An “I Can” chart so students can work independently at the poetry center

 

Word work activities and printables:

★ Letter sound sorts

★ 2 per poem

 

 

Once the weekly poem has been used, add the poem to your poetry center. Your kindergarten and first grade students will love visiting the poems again and again!

 

Also included:

Nursery Rhyme back to school fun with all of your favorite Mother Goose friends! This unit includes 6 literacy and 6 math stations that are aligned to the Common Core Standards

 

Nursery Rhyme Literacy Centers:

•Clayful letters (letter formation)

•Rhyme Time (simple rhyming with differentiated response pages)

•I See (emergent reader)

•Roll it! Write it! (letter/sound ID with differentiation)

•ABC Puzzle Pals (letter/sound ID with differentiated response pages)

•Mary’s Lost Lamb (simple syllables)

 

Nursery Rhyme Math Centers:

•Clayful Numbers (numeral formation)

•Hey Diddle Diddle (counting and cardinality))

•Shape Up! (2D shape sorting)

•Lost Sheep (counting and cardinality)

•Old Dog’s Bone-(AB patterns)

•Down the Hill (counting and cardinality plus numeral formation to 6)

 

These centers will last you for weeks and weeks. The common core chart takes the guess work out of your planning!

Enjoy!

 

“I Can…” Cards support students’ independence!

 

ADDITIONAL RELATED RESOURCES

 

♫ Music and Video Files

I am thrilled to tell you that we have recorded MP3 and MP4 music files to go along with these poems. These music files are wonderful for your students to sing-a-long with. They are available with this additional purchase:

• Poetry Music and VIDEOS Nursery Rhymes

• Story Sequence Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

• Nursery Rhyme: Read, Trace, Glue, and Draw

 

Read how I implement this poetry resource as part of a 5 day fluency plan AND grab a free sample:

5 Day Fluency Plan with FREE Sample