ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dot's Spot
Explore vocabulary words, the alphabet, and music alongside Del, Dot, and Dee through media, lesson plans, and graphic organizers.
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...
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: Jingle Bells
The Christmas carol, "Jingle Bells" is displayed along with a link for students to listen to the song.
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: Little Jack Horner
The nursery rhyme, "Little Jack Horner," is displayed on this site.
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: London Bridge
The nursery rhyme, "London Bridge" is displayed along with a link for students to listen to the song.
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
The words to the nursery rhyme, "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean."
Nicola Geier
Nurseryrhymes4u: Skip, Skip, Skip to My Lou
The nursery rhyme, "Skip, Skip, Skip to my Lou" is displayed along with a link for students to listen to the song.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Dalziel Brothers
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Dalziel Brothers (1890), a collection nursery rhymes, poems, and songs.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aunt Friendly's Nursery Keepsake by Sarah S. Baker
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Friendly's Nursery Keepsake by Sarah S. Baker [1870]. This is a book of illustrated nursery rhymes, poems, and stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aunt Kitty's Stories by Justin H. Howard
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Kitty's Stories by Justin H. Howard [1870]. This is a book of illustrated nursery rhymes and poems.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Nursery Favourite by Laura Valentine
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Nursery Favourite by Laura Valentine [1870]. This is a collection of illustrated fairy tales, poems, and stories.
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: 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: Aunt Friendly's Nursery Keepsake by Sarah S. Baker
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Friendly's Nursery Keepsake by Sarah S. Baker (c1875), an illustrated collection of songs, nursery rhymes, and the ABC's.
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: Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes and Jingles by Charles H. Bennett
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes and Jingles by Charles H. Bennett (c1875), a collection of nursery rhymes and poems.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by Sarah Martin
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by Sarah Martin (1888). This is an illustrated version of the "Old Mother Hubbard" nursery rhyme.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: "My Pet Kid" by E. P. Dutton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book "My Pet Kid" by E. P. Dutton (1888). This illustrated children's book tells the story of a pet goat in verse; it is a part of the Dutton's "Sparkling" Series.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Mother Goose's Rhymes by Mc Loughlin Brothers
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mother Goose's Rhymes or Mother Goose's Melodies by McLoughlin Brothers (1886), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nursery Songs by Ward, Lock and Company
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nursery Songs by Ward, Lock and Company (1886), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes and songs.