Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Preschool Activities

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Preschool Activities

Mother Goose and nursery rhymes are often preschoolers' first exposure to literacy and rhyming. Nursery rhymes are essential to literacy and help preschoolers to develop necessary rhyming skills that build into phonemic awareness and establish the foundation for reading. As preschool educators, there are many ways to intertwine Mother Goose and nursery rhymes into your classrooms through thematic units, including hands-on activities, books, and games. 

Free Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Lesson Planning Ideas

Visit our free Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Theme Planning page to discover engaging and educational activities to incorporate in your preschool classroom.

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Printable Preschool Activities

Pretend to Be Cards

Invite your preschoolers to pretend to be different nursery rhyme characters through engaging questions that encourage creativity and deeper thinking. These cards can be used to play a game of charades, too!

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Humpty Dumpty Counting Mats

Flip a number card and add the same number of bandages to the mat to help put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

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Little Bo Peep Letter Matching 

Practice letter matching skills by helping Little Bo Peep find the uppercase letters. Use a cotton ball or a sparkly pompom to mark the letters. You can find this activity in our Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Activity Pack. 

 Itsy Bitsy Spider Rolling Game

Grab this Itsy Bitsy Spider game from our Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Activity Pack. A perfect game for working on shape recognition, works as an individual or partner game.

Mother Goose & Nursery Rhyme Pre-Writing Practice

Practice pre-writing and cutting skills using this mat, trace with a marker and then cut along the line. 

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More Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Activities for Preschoolers

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Books

Take a look at some of our favorite must reads for a Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme theme.

Baa Baa Black Sheep Craft

Make your own black sheep with this simple and easy Baa Baa Black Sheep Tutorial that not only fosters creativity but strengthens fine-motor muscles, too!

Humpty Dumpty Small World Play

Invitation to play is the process of bringing in materials and toys for preschoolers to explore open-ended. This is a great opportunity to foster creativity while building it into your thematic unit. Bring Humpty Dumpty into your small world play by reading this blog post!

Little Miss Muffet Literacy Pack

Build essential oral language and literacy skills while practicing a classic rhyme with this Little Miss Muffet Literacy set!

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