Drawing and learning rhyme "Jack and Jill"
Nursery rhyme drawing
Instructions
- Recite and share Jack and Jill nursery rhyme
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
- Ask child to say the nursery rhyme with you while drawing their own picture of the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme
- Make sure child understands all the words - up, fetch, hill, pail, crown, etc.
- When child is done drawing, together chat about what was drawn - Where’s Jack? Where’s Jill? Is the hill very tall? What would they carry up the hill to go get the water? How did they get down the hill?
*Try to encourage child to be specific with this drawing as you are seeing how they listen for details. Their artistic skills may not show the details but when they talk about their drawing the details are often part of the picture.
Simplify
Instead of drawing the nursery rhyme, have child act out the rhyme
Extend
There are five events that happen in this nursery rhyme. Ask child if you can tell you all five events. You can ask what happened first, second, third, fourth and fifth.
1. Jack and Jill went up a hill
2. They went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
3. Jack fell down
4. Jack broke his crown (head)
5. Jill also came tumbling down
Learn the next verse to Jack and Jill
Up Jack got and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper;
And went to bed and bound his head
With vinegar and brown paper.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Can you make up a rhyme using your name?
Can you tell me about a time that you fell and hurt yourself? Did you break any bones? Did anyone else get hurt when you got hurt? If you see someone get hurt, how can you help?
Materials
- Jack and Jill nursery rhyme
- piece of paper
- colored pencils/markers/crayons
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Black
- Number - Seven, 7
- Alphabet Letters - J, I
- Sense - Smell
- Character Trait - Courage
- Target Words - Long, Little, Short, Small
Monthly Proverb
Chinese - If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through
Did You Know?
"Before children enter elementary school, they must develop many linguistic and cognitive skills that will make later academic learning possible. By the age of five, however, children differ markedly in their success in reaching these developmental goals." Entwisle & Alexander, 1993
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"My Very First Mother Goose"
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"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions "
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions" VIDEO
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Little Engine that Could" VIDEO
by Watty Piper (Activity 12)
"My Very First Mother Goose" VIDEO
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
Music Playlist
"America (My Country Tis of Thee)" VIDEO
by the Hit Crew, Album: Drew’s Famous Music for Summer Games and Activities (Activity 13)
"Teeth" VIDEO
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits (Activity 25)
"Miss Mary Mack"
by Ella Jenkins, Album: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Activity 9)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" VIDEO
by Aretha Franklin (Activity 13)
"Miss Mary Mack" VIDEO
by Patty Shula (Activity 9)
"Teeth"
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy, Happy, Habits (Activity 25)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Jack and Jill
(Activity 19 Month 9)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.