

Hide one half of each pair around your home. So Let’s turn them into a shape hunt and match. These shape cards can be used for simple matching, but I think kids stuck at home really need to be moving as much as possible. I always sing it with actions to get a little gross motor development in today too! Show your child the printable and ask them what they think the rhyme might be about. In every one of these lesson packets I create, I try hard to balance various areas of learning but reading and reciting the nursery rhyme is a must. Learning that text translates to oral language is foundational for literacy. Make it visible so that your child will see that the words on the paper are the words you are reciting. Pop the nursery rhyme printable on the wall with the painter’s tape or use what you have. Start by printing out the printable pack here.<– click on this see the pdf and print.

Trays are so useful for activities at this age, you can use cookies sheets or buy the ones I use in my classroom here with this affiliate link –> Preschool Trays. You will need the printable pack, one extra sheet of paper, scissors, a pencil, and markers. If you need some star-themed projects check out this link. This nursery rhyme lesson plan is packed with shapes, shared writing, name recognition and spelling, and a little counting too.

I encourage you all to sing a lot with your kiddos while you are home, it’s a wonderful and easy literacy activity. I have lots of lesson plans that use books, check out some here! Nursery rhymes are familiar to children and let young children really play with words as they recite and sing them. I have decided to use nursery rhymes to make it easier for parents and teachers who can’t access a wide variety of books. It was precious, and the memory of it is why I decided to make the second lesson printable pack using Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. About a week before schools closed, one of my students stood up in front of his classmates and sang this sweet little nursery rhyme for everyone.
