Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 8A | Little Bo Peep 149

Presenting the Read-Aloud 5 minutes

Little Bo Peep

First Read

 Show image 8A-2: Bo Peep looking for sheep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,

And can’t tell where to find them;

Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,

Wagging their tails behind them.

Second Read with Motions

 Show image 8A-2: Bo Peep looking for sheep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,

[Tell students, “Bo Peep has lost her soft, wooly animals. Bo Peep is a

shepherdess who looks after sheep.” Act like you are looking for something.]

And can’t tell where to find them;

[Shrug your shoulders.]

Leave them alone

[Push out with hands like you are motioning “go.”]

and they’ll come home

[Motion “come” and put your arms above your head like the roof of a house.]

Wagging their tails behind them.

[Tell students, “Wagging means moving back and forth.” Put one arm behind

you and wag it around like a tail.]