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Pat-a-Cake Nursery Rhyme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Reading and singing the nursery rhyme:

• Print or read from the screen the nursery rhyme poster - Pat-a-cake or view in YouTube.
• Discuss the image with the children. Ask them what do they see happening. Can they recognize the baker?
• Make sure to do a finger/hand play demonstration of the nursery rhyme first. It the child is very young just clap your hands.
  Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. (clap hands with partner)
  Bake me a cake as fast as you can
  Roll it, (roll hands around)
  pat it, (tap hands together)
  and mark it with a B ('write' letter or child's name letter on palm)
  Put it in the oven for baby (or child's name) and me. (point to partner and then self)
  
• Repeat the rhyme slowly and the children can repeat by verse.
• This nursery rhyme is particularly effective for children to learn the first letter of their name. 

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