Little Jack Horner

Introduction of Rhyme	Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, “What a good boy am I!”
Sing Rhyme	Traditional
Identifying fingers	Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner Sat in the Corner, Eating a Christmas Pie; He put in his ______, (thumb, pointer, middle, ring, and pinkie) And pulled out a plum, And said, “What a good boy am I”
Identifying fruit	Little Jack Horner Sat in the Corner, Eating a Christmas Pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a ______, And said, “What a good boy am I”We made a fake pie and put about four different fruits and 2 silly items in it. I would then pull it out and the kids would identify each item.Source: Puddle Wonderful Learning
Identifying Taste	Little Jack Horner Sat in the Corner, Eating a Christmas Pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a ______, And said, “What a good boy am I”I gave each kid a plate with three different jellies. I used grape, strawberry, and honey (I know. This isn’t a jelly). We would sing the song and have the kids put their thumb into the differentGrape, Strawberry, and Honey

Craft:

I modified this craft to work with identifying different fingers.

Hot Cross Buns

For this nursery rhyme, I focused my attention on the letter X.

Introduction of Rhyme	Hot Cross Buns Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny Hot cross buns!If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons; One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns!
Tap out song	Hot (tap legs) cross (make an x) buns! (tap legs) Hot (tap legs) cross (make an x) buns! (tap legs)One a penny, (hold up 1 finger) two a penny, (hold up 2 fingers) Hot (tap legs) cross (make an x) buns! (tap legs)
Introduce the letter x	Is this a capital X or lower case x
Sing Song by making big x	Make a big X
Sing Song by making little x	Make a little x
Rhythm sticks with music	We played a variation on Hot Cross Buns

craft:

Make your own buns and the letter X!