Third graders write a song.  In this melody lesson, 3rd graders discuss their favorite nursery rhymes.  Students sing two songs and compare their melodies.  Students use the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to write a...

Little ones will love learning this classic nursery rhyme. This resource includes a large, printed version of the rhyme, a page to color, a pre-colored image, and three sets of rhyming words found in the passage. 

Students write nursery rhyme rebus songs. In this music lesson, students practice writing rebuses as a class. Students then create their own rebus based upon "The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's".

Students become familiar with many different nursery rhymes. They use nursery rhymes for a variety of creative activities including writing, singing, poetry and acting.

Introduce rhythmic beat and melodic beat with a upbeat activity that asks young musicians to clap the beat to their favorite nursery rhyme. To introduce the rest beat, class members use small drums or other percussion instruments to play...

Fourth graders explore language arts by reciting a famous nursery rhyme to their classroom. In this oral storytelling lesson, 4th graders read the story "The Three Little Pigs" and identify the characters, setting and story. Students...

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.

Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...

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.

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.

Students write a story about an animal using rhyme. In this literacy lesson plan, the teacher shares different versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with the class and that becomes the basis for the creation of a picture and story for...

Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme lesson, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students sequence the...

Learners explore storytelling by reading a classic book. In this story structure lesson plan, students read the story The Gingerbread Man and identify the characters, settings and plot. Learners answer reading comprehension questions...

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

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

Students read books, learn about the letter o, and sing nursery rhymes all to learn about owls. In this owls lesson plan, students also make owls out of their hand prints.

In this nursery rhyme coloring page, students see the nursery rhyme, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. They color the cartoon-like black line picture of a woman knitting as she talks to a sheep. There are no directions given with this learning...

Students research the history of the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." They interpret the ideas in the rhyme and create a visual representation of a Blackbird Pie.

In this English Language rhyme worksheet, students enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe' and 'The Ants Go Marching.'

In this English Language rhymes activity, 1st graders enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the two rhymes 'Three Blind Mice' and 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.'

In this English Language children's rhymes worksheet, student enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the rhymes 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider' and 'Roses are Red.'