Nursery+Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes Somewhere in my first few years of being a LMC, I had a Kindergarten teacher lament the fact that children don't know nursery rhymes anymore. I filed that fact away and now - a few years later, I just got re-energized to integrate nursery rhymes into my curriculum!

A group of Library Media Specialist from PNWBOCES got together informally for dinner at a local eatery last night. And - you guessed it - one of the topics that came up was nursery rhymes!

Do you integrate nursery rhymes into your teaching? How?

One LMS mentioned inheriting lots of props, that were perfect for having the children act out the rhymes. After reading a rhyme several times, the children act it out. She also matches various nursery rhymes with quality picture books - ie. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner... with a book about pie, such as //Pie in the Sky// by Lois Ehlert, or Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet... with a spider book, such as //Little Miss Spider// by David Kirk. She initially started with her preschool classes, but when Kindergartena and 1st grade classes saw what was going on, they were very interested, and wanted to take part!

Another LMS uses nursery rhymes periodically to introduce various concepts or themes...Humpty Dumpty to introduce book care...