Rhyme Time

OPENING RHYMES

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport.

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty dumpty had a great fall.

And all the king's horses,

And all the king's men,

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Literacy Tip: When you add physical movement to these rhymes, your child can feel the rhythm of language in addition to hearing it. Encourage younger chidren to use large movements, while older children can use small, more finite ones.

Wombat walkabout By Carol Diggory Shields

Literacy Tip:This is trickster tale set in Australia so it is great for building vocabulary. You can disocover dingos, gum trees and billabongs! Knowing the names of things and words is the first necessary step in learning to read.

Here's a cup. And here's a cup.
And here's a cup of tea.
Pour a cup. And pour a cup.
And have a drink with me.

RHYMING SONG – adapted by Nancy Stewart

Literacy Tip: Playing with songs that have strong rhymes helps your child build phonological awareness. All the time you are giggling, your child is building an awareness of the smaller parts of words.
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig
Home again, home again, jiggety jig

To market, to market to buy a sweet dog

Home again, home again, jiggety jog

To market, to market to buy some apples

Home again, home again, jiggety japples

To market, to market to buy some bananas

Home again, home again, jiggety janas

WORD OF THE DAY: FUN

CIRCLE DANCE
Here we go loopy loo

From Pete Seeger’s Song and play time

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posies.

Ashes, ashes.

We all fall down.

Cows are in the meadow, eating buttercups.

Thunder, ligthning. We all stand up.

Hickory Dickory Dock.

The mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,

The mouse ran down.

Hickory dickory dock.

Clock struck one By Trudy Harris

Literacy Tip: This rhyming books is great for reading repeatedly. You can leave the rhyming word out in each line and have your child fill in the blank.

MOVEMENT RHYME

Icky sticky, icky sticky bubblegum.

Bubblegum, bubblegum.

Icky sticky, icky sticky bubblegum

Sticking my hands on my head.

Ew, ick. You better come quick.

Ew, yuck. I'm stuck, stuck, stuck.

Repeat this rhyme sticking your hands on different parts of your body. When we shared this rhyme at storytime children started telling stories about what happened when they got all sticky. When children create stories they are building narrative skills.

Clock struck one By Elizabeth Scanlon

Literacy Tip: This is a heartwarming book with simple rhymes. See if you can figure out other pockets in the world.

GOODBYE SONGS

See you later alligator.

After awhile crocodile.

See you soon, little baboon.

Bye bye butterfly.

I'm out the door dinosaur.

Make new friends and keep the old.

One is silver and the other is gold.

A circle is round.

It has no end.

That's how long I want to be your friend.