Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind those nursery rhymes you used to sing as a child? They were quite catchy and easy to remember, however they hardly ever made any sense at all. The interesting fact is the old nursery rhymes have historical and sometimes rather gruesome references. Here is a collection of ...
May 1st is Mother Goose Day!! What a great way to revisit, or teach young children, the famous nursery rhymes that have lasted through the years. Besides just singing or reading the nursery rhymes to your children, do a craft with them that are related to the nursery rhyme. One easy craft to do is ...
Nursery rhymes are a fun theme for preschool. Not only are they a fun theme, it turns out that reciting nursery rhymes is a great pre-reading activity. In October 2002, the Virginia Library Association shared: “Rhymers will be readers. It’s that simple. Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know ...
If you delve deeply enough into stories by the Brothers Grimm, you will discover that a majority of their stories are about violence and horrible ways of getting murdered. Yet these stories are read to our children as “kid” stories, sometimes right before bed as bedtime stories. Many things that we deep to be childish ...
Whether you are presenting a theme on nursery rhymes in general, Humpty Dumpty in particular or eggs, you will find many ideas in this article that you can include in your lesson plan. Book for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty After the Fall by Charles Reasoner The True Story of Humpty Dumpty by ...
I’m a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle; here is my spout. When I get all steamed up, hear me shout Just tip me over and pour me out. Great literature? Perhaps not. Yet, this deceptively simple rhyme contains the basic building blocks of literature: character, plot, setting, and point of view. ...
