Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: Thematic Common Core Curriculum Essentials

This Developmentally Appropriate thematic unit, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, is strategically linked to the Common Core Standards. It is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons (games or activities) included are scripted. They are written in a format that can be easily taught by the teacher or readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached. 

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Table of Contents:

Shared Reading Activities

Mother Goose Rhymes: Saying or Singing Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes: Sequencing Nursery Rhymes

Hey Diddle Diddle Pocket Chart Activity 

Scripted Literacy Lessons With Independent Options:

Mother Goose Mix-up: Building Working Memory

Humpty Dumpty Rhymes: Matching Rhymes

Blind Mice Chase: Identifying Letters

Mary Goes To School: Using Preposition Words

Independent Activities

Mary’s Letters: Tracing Letters A-Z

Little Lost Lambs: Hunting For Alphabet Letters

Scripted Math Lessons With Independent Options:

Little Bo Peep’s Sheep: Counting Objects to Match Numbers

Under The Haystack: Identifying Shapes

Nursery Rhyme Patterns: Naming and Creating Patterns 

Independent Activities

Hey Diddle Diddle Numbers: Identifying Number Names

Nursery Rhyme Puzzles: Developing Spatial Reasoning Skills

Fetch The Pail: Counting & Writing Numbers

Songs/Fingerplays

Humpty Dumpty

Jack Be Nimble

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Little Bo Peep

Little Boy Blue
Jack and Jill

The Fly & The Bumblebee

Little Miss Muffet

Art Projects

Mary’s Schoolhouse: Construction Project

Mary’s School Portfolio Sample

Humpty Dumpty on a Wall

Writing

Hey Diddle Diddle Prewriting Practice 

My Favorite Nursery Rhyme

Science

Insects & Spiders: Making Comparisons

Guided Reading Books

Mother Goose Land

Class Made Books

Mother Goose Rhymes