When you were learning how to skate, it may have taken you several tries just to stand up. You may have fallen down many times before you were able to move on your skates. But if you kept practicing at standing up and then at moving your feet, you finally learned how to skate. Relate both sayings to school and learning habits by giving examples that apply to current skill topics in the classroom. Recite the rhymes through repetitive readings.
Procedure Read the following nursery rhymes with the children several times.
Develop any vocabulary that may be unknown to the children. Invite them to join in with the readings as they gain familiarity with the verses. He's under a haystack, Fast asleep. Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner. After the children have become familiar with the nursery rhymes in their original form, it may be fun to read the following variations of the rhymes.