138 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 7A | Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Repetition in Nursery Rhymes
- Tell students that sometimes nursery rhymes repeat a line. Repeating
lines in a poem make the poem interesting and easy to remember. - Read the nursery rhyme again and ask students to listen for the line
that is repeated (Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John). - Reread the nursery rhyme and have students say the second line,
“Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.”
➶ Above and Beyond: Have partner pairs think of an alternate
repeating line where the three silly words begin with the same
letter sound and ends with one of their names, e.g., Piddle, piddle,
pumpling, my daughter Mia.
Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day