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Peer reviewedClegg, Luther B. – Language Arts, 1976
Suggests newspaper headlines which would be appropriate to describe events taking place in nursery rhymes. (DD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Headlines
Hamilton, Harley – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
"Grandfather Moose" rhymes, written to follow the Mother Goose tradition, are short, appealing, easy-to-memorize sign language nursery rhymes which employ visual poetic devices such as similar signs and transitional flow of movement. (CB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Hearing Impairments, Language Arts, Nursery Rhymes
Goldberg, Sally – 1985
Songs, rhymes, and sayings entered in this handbook are particularly useful as basic teaching techniques for babies and small children. Popular and easy to learn, many are simple Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Others are traditional songs and sayings that have been passed on from generation to generation in our culture. Some are appropriate for use…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Infants, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Download full textHoneyghan, Glasceta – Florida Reading Quarterly, 2000
Drama through Mother Goose nursery rhymes can be integrated in the pre-K-3 curriculum. Activities can range from spontaneous gestures and facial expression, to guided performance where a teacher might have specific objectives in mind and rehearse a rhyme for formal performance. Activities include unison or choral speaking; "line-a-child"…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Drama
Hamner, Devon – 2003
Primary-grade children can learn rhythm and rhyme from nursery rhymes. But those same poems can be used to help young students make connections to letters, sounds, and word chunks. This lesson lets Mother Goose help children grow as readers and writers. During the 5-10 minutes per day for these lessons, students will: develop a feel for the rhythm…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Folk Culture, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedChaparro, Jacqueline L. – Language Arts, 1979
Suggests ways to bring nursery rhymes into the elementary school classroom through creative dramatics, creative writing, and reading experiences. (DD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Dramatics, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedWade, Barrie – Children's Literature in Education, 1982
Discusses the value of rhymes in developing children's concepts of story and pleasure in reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedYoung, Cindy; Maulding, Wendy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Discusses opportunities to use nursery rhymes to aid in the mathematical development of young children. Considers rhymes that involve patterns, ordering, and problem solving. (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Southwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos. Dept. of English. – 1989
Developed from the activities of a summer institute in Texas that focused on "The Odyssey," folk and fairy tale, and folk rhyme, this resource guide presents 50 lesson plans offering a variety of approaches to teaching mythology and folklore to elementary school students. The lesson plans presented in the resource guide share a common…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fairy Tales, Folk Culture
And Others; Whitesel, Pauline – Instructor, 1976
Articles described a program for developing the writing readiness of students, for learning the value of money and its purchasing power, and for learning about nursery rhymes as actors rather than just as readers. (RK)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Economics Education, Guidelines
Farber, Betty, Ed. – 1997
Parents and teachers may often have wondered how preschoolers learn, or why certain things, events, or people are more interesting to them than others? This book provides information on how young children learn, and offers activities to encourage emerging literacy, promote creativity and imagination, and enhance knowledge and development in music,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Child Development, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing
Peer reviewedCooper, B. Lee – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Depicts ways popular song lyrics can stimulate discussion either in music, social studies, humanities, or language arts classes. Considers lyrics' ability to explain social, cultural, and political phenomena. Provides a chronological outline from 1962 correlating political events, personalities, songs, and the artists. songs. Identifies uses of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Childrens Literature, Course Content, Cultural Education
