Language Activities
ABC Pockets
Or, if you don't have time to sew...
Place a mini-nursery rhyme book or a small toy/object/picture that represents the rhyme beginning with that letter into the corresponding letter pocket. Discuss sounds/words that start with the corresponding letters on the ABC apron and introduce by singing the Alphabet Song. Each child takes a turn to choose a letter. Pull out the object that represents the rhyme beginning with the letter the child has chosen. Continue until all the pockets are empty. For letters that are difficult to determine a rhyme, use a rhyme that has a high frequency count for the sound (X - Sing a Song of Sixpence and Z - Sneezing). Extended activities can include paper bag puppets, sequence story frames, snacks, mini science experiments, gross motor activities, hidden picture sheets, plays, flannel board story cutouts and more...
A List of Rhymes that can be used:
- A-The Alphabet Song
- B- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- C- Cock a Doodle Doo
- D- Hey Diddle Diddle
- E- Elizabeth
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- F- Fiddler's Three
- G- Goose Goosey Gander
- H- Humpty Dumpty
- I- I Am a Gold Lock (Lock and Key)
- J- Jack and Jill
- K- Old King Cole
- L- Little Bo Peep
- M- Little Miss Muffet
- N- A Needle and Thread
- O- One Two Buckle My Shoe
- P- Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
- Q- Queen of Hearts
- R- Rub a Dub Dub
- S- SeeSaw
- T- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
- U- The Lion and the Unicorn
- V- One, He Loves
- W- Wee Willie Winkie
- X- The Crooked Sixpence
- Y- You Shall Have an Apple (for baby)
- Z- Sneezing
Sources:
The Real Mother Goose, Rand McNally & Co.
Let Loose on Mother Goose, Book Activities to Teach Math, Science, Art, Music, Life Skills and Language Development, by Terry Graham
Nursery Rhymes, Reproducible Stand-ups, by Carole Charters, Judy/Instructo
My Favorite Nursery Rhymes - 8 Adorable Little Books, The Five Mile Press Pty, Ltd.
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