There may be some little lambs, itsy bitsy spiders, and pumpkin eaters in your language arts class! An online poetry lesson takes learners through the steps of writing a nursery rhyme with easy-to-follow steps and explanatory examples.

Scholars take a popular song or nursery rhyme and make it their own as they write a fractured nursery rhyme. Writers seek out a nursery rhyme's rhyming words and change them to create an original poem.  

As your budding readers and writers begin to recognize simple words and rhyme, use these incomplete sentences as practice. There are three lines from a familiar nursery rhyme here, each missing the last rhyming word. The missing word is...

Jack and Jill went up the... bell? As your budding readers and writers begin to recognize simple words and rhyme, use these incomplete sentences as practice. There are three lines from familiar nursery rhymes here, each missing the last...

In this story sequence worksheet, learners read five line nursery rhymes and then number the events in sequential order. There are four nursery rhymes on this two-page worksheet. An answer key is included.

In this nursery rhyme coloring page, students read the rhyme Hey, Diddle, Diddle. They color the pictures of a cow jumping over the moon, the cat with the fiddle, and dishing running away with the spoon.

First grade is a great time to build strong reading skills. Here are three short rhyming poems or common nursery rhymes that are intended to help boost reading fluency. Because most children know these rhymes, they will have an easier...

In this language arts worksheet, learners practice using synonyms by deciphering references to well-known fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Example: Unique Individual Mortally Injured in Fall (Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall.)

Act out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rhyme with youngsters. Learners observe visual instructions before completing the corresponding actions, then draw the spider into a scene. Finally, they write down rhyming words that have the ai...

In this language arts learning exercise, students read a classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme called Little Boy Blue. Students color the picture.

In this language arts activity, students read a classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Students color the picture.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme called Little Bo-Peep. Students color the picture, which goes with the poem.

In this sequential order learning exercise, 2nd graders read a short passages from 2 nursery rhymes and then put 3 statements from each one in sequential order.

In this order of events worksheet, 2nd graders read a short passage from 2 nursery rhymes and then put 3 statements from each one in sequential order.

In this order of events worksheet, 2nd graders read a short passage from 2 nursery rhymes and then put 3 events from each one in sequential order.

For this nursery rhyme worksheet, students will read "Ladybug, Ladybug" and answer the questions that follow. Students are expected to complete five fill in the blank, five rhyming words, and a color worksheet of a ladybug.

In this translating activity, students translate a French nursery rhyme to English. Students have 7 lines to translate in this nursery rhyme.

In this Humpty Dumpty worksheet, students read the nursery rhyme and complete activities to demonstrate knowledge of the rhyme. Students fill-in the blank and complete a word search using words from the rhyme.

In this language arts worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to sing a classic nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence." Students read the lyrics and analyze the rhyme pattern. There is a link to a web site which has the...

In this rhyming words worksheet, students fill in the last words in the nursery rhyme Jack Be Nimble. Students think of as many words as they can that rhyme with "quick" and "Jack".

In this literacy activity, 2nd graders read the nursery rhyme and sing it as part of a music or literacy activity. The song is printed on the page.

In this "Three Blind Mice" activity, students practice their reading comprehension and fluency skills as they read the nursery rhyme.

In these puppet activity worksheets, students cut out the pictures to use as puppets for the nursery rhyme of 'This Little Piggy.'

In this "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" worksheet, students practice their reading comprehension and fluency skills as they read the nursery rhyme.