Things You'll Need:
- Nursery Rhymes
- Imagination
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Step 1
Read Nursery RhymesRead a book of nursery rhymes out loud with a child. Listen to the fun rhymes and memorize a few nursery rhymes.
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Step 2
Help a child learn to read using nursery rhymes. Learning how words are similar helps children learn to read.
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Step 3
Nursery Rhyme QuizCreate a Nursery Rhyme Quiz. Here is an example:
1. The monkey chased what around the mulberry bush?
2. When ants go marching one by one, the little one stops to what?
3. Hi-ho, the derry-o, the nurse takes what animal?
4. What did Little Miss Muffet eat?
5. What did Mary, Mary, quite contrary, grow in her garden? -
Step 4
Ghost and WitchChange the words to an old familiar Nursery Rhymes to make a new nursery rhyme. For an example see the link below called Ghost and Witch under Additional Resources. Ghost and Witch was written similar to Jack and Jill.
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Step 5
Rhyming DictionaryMake up a modern day nursery rhyme. Use a rhyming dictionary to get ideas.
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Step 6
Nursery Rhyme PartyHave a party with a nursery rhyme theme. Nursery Rhymes make great themes for birthday parties, baby showers, school parties, and library parties.
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Step 7
Play charades with nursery rhymes. Young and old all like to play charades. Most everyone knows a few Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.












Comments
evgnspaces said
on 7/24/2009 Great ideas of ways to have fun with Nursery Rhymes
stevemar2 said
on 4/13/2009 Great ideas! With Step 4, check out my eHow article on "How to Make This Little Piggy More Fun".
Codebreak said
on 12/28/2008 Cute article!