Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables PP | Pausing Point 121

Domain-Related Trade Book or Student Choice

Materials: Trade book

Refer to the list of recommended trade books in the Introduction of this

Supplemental Guide, and choose a book from the Nursery Rhymes list

to read aloud to the class. As you read, use the same strategies that

you have been using when reading the read-aloud selections in this

Anthology—pause and ask occasional questions; rapidly clarify critical

vocabulary within the context of the read-aloud; etc.

Exploring Student Resources

Materials: Domain-related websites

Pick appropriate websites from the Internet or Websites and Other

Resources list in the Introduction for further exploration of nursery

rhymes and rhyming words.

Videos of Nursery Rhymes

Materials: Videos of nursery rhymes from previous lessons; Nursery

Rhymes and Fables Posters

Peruse the Internet for short videos of nursery rhymes already covered in

this domain.

Have students say the nursery rhymes along with the videos.

Prepare some questions about the videos to ask the class.

Have students compare and contrast the videos to their related Nursery

Rhymes posters.

➶ Nursery Rhyme Puppets

Materials: Puppet-making supplies

Have students make simple puppets of the characters from various nursery

rhymes they have heard and then use them while reciting the rhymes.

Objects from Nursery Rhymes

Have a bag or box of objects that relate to the various nursery rhymes, such

as silk roses or violets, a sugar packet, a candlestick, a plastic spider, etc.

Have students select an object and then either talk about how it relates to

the nursery rhyme or recite the nursery rhyme.