Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 1A | Roses Are Red 17

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1 A

Introducing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Introducing Nursery Rhymes

• Tell students that for the next few weeks, they are going to listen to
  many nursery rhymes.


• Ask students, “Does anyone know what nursery rhymes are?” Call on
  a few volunteers to answer.


• Have students say nursery rhymes with you three times.


• Explain that nursery rhymes are short poems written for young
  children. Nursery rhymes are some of the first poems children learn
  by heart. After hearing the same nursery rhymes over and over,
  children might be able to memorize them. Nursery rhymes are fun
  to listen to and fun to learn. Many nursery rhymes contain rhyming
  words, strong rhythm, repeated lines, and silly words. Tell students
  that they will hear many enjoyable and fun nursery rhymes and that
  they will be able to say at least one nursery rhyme by heart.


• Explain that they may also hear these nursery rhymes called “Mother
  Goose” rhymes. No one knows whether Mother Goose was a real
  person who actually wrote these poems. Tell students that the nursery
  rhymes they will hear have been around for hundreds of years and
  many English speaking students’ parents and grandparents probably
  heard these poems as young children.

Introducing “Roses Are Red”

 Show image 1A-1: Red roses and blue violets

• Point to the red roses. Tell students that today’s poems are about
  flowers. The title of the first poem is “Roses Are Red”. Mention that
  one kind of flower is the rose.


• Have students say rose with you three times.


• Point to the blue violets. Mention that another kind of flower is the violet.


• Have students say violet with you three times.