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Hey Diddle Diddle | Nursery Rhyme Resources
Let’s take a closer look at this collection of Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme resources. The combination of printable activities will help your kids build language, vocabulary, reading, and fluency skills.
It is a fun way to engage your active learners in Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
The Origin of Hey Diddle Diddle
Dating back to the 16th century, this traditional rhyme is about a cat and a fiddle, a little dog, and a cow jumping over the moon.
While there are many theories of the meaning behind famous nursery rhymes, this one seems to be a nonsense, silly rhyme. With that being said, you can look up the different theories behind it’s meaning.
Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics
Hey Diddle Diddle
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to sea such sport,
and the dish ran away with the spoon.
Every time my kids hear “cow jump” or “dog laughs”, they instantly begin laughing.
Use in musical games or as a learning tool. Either way, your kids will have such fun with nursery rhymes and nursery rhyme sets.
Hey Diddle Diddle Bundle (PreK-1st Grade)
If you/re in a hurry, and need to print these resources immediately, you can purchase this Hey Diddle Diddle Bundle.
The bundle includes all of the resources listed below. Teachers and parents love the bundle to save them time and money. Grab it HERE or on TPT.
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This Nursery Rhyme Write the Room is an interactive, hands-on, activity to build vocabulary, reading, writing, rhyming, and concepts of print.
PreK, Kindergarten, and first grade will love this nursery rhyme write the room, identifying main characters and objects then writing the words on the recording sheet.
2 Levels are included for easy differentiation.
Choose a level, post the picture cards around the room, and the students become eager to record the nursery rhyme vocabulary on their record sheet. Great for visual and kinesthetic learners.
- Level 1 vocabulary picture cards have the word printed on the bottom.
- Level 2 cards DO NOT have the word on the card. Instead, these are for the kids who want to try and spell them using inventive spelling.
Post the picture cards around the room, and watch as the students become eager to write their favorite nursery rhyme characters on their record sheet. Great for visual and kinesthetic learners.
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Ways to Use Write the Room:
- Vocabulary Write the Room
- Writing Center
- Supplemental to Rhyming lessons
- Nursery Rhyme center
- Nursery Rhyme Sensory Bin
- Pocket Chart Cards for Retelling and Sequencing
- Sub plans
- tutoring
- Extra language arts practice at home / homework activity
Nursery Rhyme Sequencing Cards
Your kids are going to love retelling Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhymes Sequencing worksheet.
- Read / Retell
- Cut and paste sequencing picture cards
- Draw a picture
The printable sequencing worksheet has a set of 4 picture cards.
A 4-sequence puzzle is great for Prek, Kindergarten, and First Grade.
The kids will read, sequence, and draw a picture of this popular nursery rhyme.
Simply print and go! No prep, and easy differentiation!!
Give your advanced kids a challenge with writing a sentence about their favorite part rather than drawing a picture.
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Hey Diddle Diddle Build a Poem
Build a Poem is an interactive pocket chart center to build the classic nursery rhyme,
This is the type of pocket chart center the kids WANT to go back to, over and over. After you display the poem, and recite it a couple times, they become eager to build the poem using the word cards.
Every word is printed on a separate card, with a purple glitter border, and a cat playing a fiddle graphic ~ great for organizing, sorting, and to keep students from misplacing them with other pocket chart activities.
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Hey Diddle Diddle Printable Poems
These printable poems are great to display as the poem of the day, or poem of the week, in reading groups.
In addition to the Hey Diddle Diddle Bundle, you can also find these poems in the Black and White and Colored Nursery Rhymes bundles.
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Hey Diddle Diddle Color by Codes
Practice shapes, numbers to 10, letters, and sight words with these Nursery Rhymes, , Color by Code printables.
Included in the Color by Code set:
You will get one nursery rhyme coloring page for each skill listed below.
- Shapes
- Numbers to 10
- Alphabet
- Sight Words
(Answer keys included)
These are perfect as homework, morning work, practice sheets for small groups or tutoring, and a fun ELA center activity. Perfect for Prek, kindergarten, and first grade review.
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Hey Diddle Diddle Bundle
Now that you’ve seen all of the fun resources, you know how much fun the kids will have! To help save you money and time, I have put together a Hey Diddle Diddle Bundle.
Purchase the bundle of printables from the Little Learning Corner Store or on TPT.
Thanks so much for sticking around and learning about these resources! Each month, I will be releasing a new collection of nursery rhymes. Be sure to come back for more or sign up for the Little Learning Corner Newsletter for updates.
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