Curated OER
Oh! The Stories Behind Nursery Rhymes
Students investigate the games that children used to play to nursery rhymes. They explore the role of illustrators and illustrate their own book of rhymes in this unit.
Curated OER
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Fourth graders listen and observe the role play of the various versions of the poem. They take notes while listening and observing and develop their own versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
Curated OER
Nursery Rhyme Expansion
Students create stories based on the happenings and characters in well known nursery rhymes.
Curated OER
Nursery Rhymes
Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.
Curated OER
Hidie Ho H!
Students become more familiar with the letter and sound of h by using the poem, Humpty Dumpty. They are given a sequencing sheet, a pair of scissors, crayons, and a piece of construction paper and told to put pictures in the correct order.
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Humpty Dumpty [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Anna McKeay's reproducible version of Humpty Dumpty, is provided on these pages. Sixteen character roles are needed in this nursery rhyme-based performance.
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Repeat After Us
This site is a collection of copyright-free literature ranging from nursery rhymes to philosophy to literature from many time periods and cultures. There are more than 6,000 texts, and over 1,100 of them are accompanied by audio...
Teachnology
Teachnology: English Language Arts Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans spanning a wide-range of language arts-related subjects.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Sarah Josepha Hale
Sarah Josepha Hale is best known for creating the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Her influence can also be seen in historic sites and in the creation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: This Little Piggy
Watch and read along with the nursery rhyme, This Little Piggy. If you don't know how to play, you can learn here. Good for beginning readers.
University of Michigan
Dreamhouse: Nursery: Bookcase: Mother Goose: Alphabetical Index
This site provides an alphabetical index and links to Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
University of Virginia
Webbing Into Literacy: A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
This site offers a ready-to-use rhyme a week program for early literacy; the program offers dated units for weekly download to use throughout the entire year. It provides four different types of downloadable items each week for use with...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Child's Pleasure Book by Harrison Weir
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Child's Pleasure Book by Harrison Weir (1861), a collection nursery rhymes including "Simple Simon," "Little Bo Peep," and more.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Rhymes by E. Stuart Hardy
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nursery Rhymes by E. Stuart Hardy (c1884), a picture book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Rhymes
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Nursery Rhymes, a book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Rhymes
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Nursery Rhymes, a book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Rhymes
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Nursery Rhymes, a book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Songs
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Nursery Songs, a book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sing a Song of Sixpence by Randolf Caldecott
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Sing a Song of Sixpence by Randolf Caldecott, an illustrated nursery rhyme.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Boy Blue: Collection of Nursery Rhymes by Kate Greenaway
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Boy Blue: A Collection of Nursery Rhymes by Kate Greenaway (c1875), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Red Riding Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Red Riding-Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir (1865), a collection of illustrated fairy tales and nursery rhymes including the following: "Little Red...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift by Laura Valentine
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift by Laura Valentine, (1880?) a picture book with letters of the alphabet and nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Rhymes by Ernest Nister
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nursery Rhymes by Ernest Nister (c1884), a picture book of children's nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Bo Peep Mother Goose Melodies by Mc Loughlin Bros.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bo-Peep Mother Goose Melodies by McLoughlin Bros. (c1887), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes.