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Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme · Music Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
Materials:
- printer
- paper
- coloring & writing supplies
- Review material list for crafts suggested
Activity > Presenting the rhyme:
"Humpty Dumpty" is an English nursery rhyme with the main character an antropomorphic egg. The first recorded versions of the rhyme appear in the late nineteenth century. The egg character has appeared in many other works of literature and pop culture, most notably in Lewis Carrol's Alice Through the Looking Glass in 1871.Modern-day version since mid-twentieth century:
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses
And all the King's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
View the YouTube video or external link to read and listen to the lyrics and music.
Print, read and sing the nursery rhyme from the screen using the a nursery rhyme poster. Make sure child understands the meaning of all the words. Point to the rhyming words.
| Children under age 2 will also benefit greatly from singing, using puppets, stuffed animals, and/or finger plays with nursery rhymes.
Coloring Page Activity: Print coloring pages of your choice. Children can color and decorate. Discussion:
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