Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

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

Purpose for Listening

The title of this poem is “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling.” Ask students to

listen carefully to find out about the interesting things that the character—

John—wears to bed.

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

 Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”

 Identify John as the character in “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”

 Retell the events in “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”

 Identify the line that repeats in “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”

 Identify rhyming words in “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”