Jack and Jill

Objective:

a. Teach and memorize Jack and Jill

b. focus on rhyming

Points to Remember:

1. Teaching Nursery rhymes have so many benefits for young children. Look here

2. Repeat this nursery rhyme over and over....say it in the morning, during car rides, have your child say it to friends or to grandma on the phone. Get lots of practice this week.

Lesson:

1. Introduce the rhyme on a poster. I printed the rhyme from Enchanted Learning

I like this poster since it has pictures as well as words. Point to Jack and identify him by name; then point to Jill and identify her. Explain that FETCH is another way of saying getting something and bringing it back. Talk about Jack bumping his head, and that CROWN is another way of saying head. Put your hand on the top of your head and say, "Touch the crown of your head." Then read the poster and run your finger under the words and pictures as you read.

2. Have an acting day! Have your child pretend to be Jack or Jill and you be the other. Hold a pail (real or imaginary) between you both. Have Jack carefully fall and gently hit his crown on the floor. Then Jill can carefully tumble after Jack.

3. Enchanted Learning also has sequence cards. Have your child color the pictures and then cut them out.

Once the cards are in order, say a line of the rhyme and ask your child to point to the correct scene on the cards. For example, say "Jack fell down and broke his crown." Your child should then point to the 3rd scene card.

4. After practicing with the cards, staple them together to create a little book for your child to read. Having your child, "read" her Jack and Jill book will help her practice memorizing the rhyme as well as give her the confidence that she can read!

5. I created a book of Jack and Jill with 8 pages. Download it here



Modifications:
1. Put on a puppet show. Use your own puppets or print puppets from the Enchanted Learning website.
2. Print off some coloring sheets of Jack and Jill if your child enjoys coloring.