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Little Miss Muffet Nursery Rhyme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

• Print, read and/or sing the rhyme using the color version poster of the rhyme.
• Run your fingers under the text as you read or sing the rhyme.
• You may want to use a printed version on a felt board or any place comfortable the child can view.
• Children under 2 will benefit greatly from singing, using puppets, stuffed animals, and/or finger plays with nursery rhymes.
• Start a dialogue about what happened to Miss Muffet:
  
  1. What scared her?
  2. Discuss words the children may be unfamiliar with and you may also show children sour cream to demonstrate:
  
  Helpful definitions:
  
  tuffet - a low seat or stool
  curds - solid part of sour milk: the solid substance formed when milk coagulates, used to make cheese
  whey - watery part of curdled milk: the watery liquid that separates from the solid part of milk when it turns sour or when enzymes are added in cheese making.
  3. Count how many legs the spider has.

• Print the black and white version of the rhyme.
• Child can decorate, color or paint
• Provide a number of other safe materials to decorate the page. Place their work in a place of honor.

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