Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 7A | Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling 133

Introducing the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Introducing “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”

 Show image 7B-1: John in bed, wearing one shoe

• Tell students, “Describe this picture to your partner. What is the boy
  doing? What is he wearing?” Call on two partner pairs to describe the
  picture.


• Tell students that the next nursery rhyme they are going to hear is
  called “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling.” Tell students that the character in
  this poem is called John.


• Ask students, “Do you go to bed with your socks on?”


• Give students Response Card 14 (Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling) of
  Instructional Master 7A-1. Have them point out the character in
  this nursery rhyme. Tell them to use this Response Card to refer to
  “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling.”

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Stockings

1. In today’s nursery rhyme, you will hear that John went to bed with his
   stockings on.


2. Say the word stockings with me three times.


3. Stockings are long socks used to keep the feet and legs warm.
   [If available, pass around examples of stockings.]


4. Lucas wears stockings during the wintertime.
   Prisca wears white stockings with her dress.


5. Tell your partner if you have stockings. What do they look like? When
   you wear them? Use the word stockings when you tell about them.

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