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nursery rhymes

Inclusive Imagine Your Story #5

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Books:

The Neighborhood Mother Goose by #OwnVoices Nina Crews

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat

Inclusion:

The Neighborhood Mother Goose by #OwnVoices Nina Crews is illustrated by vivid and energetic photographs of many hued children inspired by the author’s Brooklyn neighborhood. The illustrations very slyly go along with the nursery rhyme on the page.

Flannel Game:

Little Bo Peep Has Lost her Sheep

Index

After I read Little Bo Peep we’ll practice our colors and numbers with my felt sheep by helping Little Bo Peep Find them.

July Repeating Songs:

All Through the Land (to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)

The wings of the dragon go up and down, up and down, up and down,

The wings of the dragon go up and down, all through the land.

The princess in the tower twirls around, twirls around, twirls around,

The princess in the tower twirls around all through the land.

The Knight gallops his horse, gallop his horse, gallops his horse.

The Knight gallops his horse, all through the land.

The people in the kingdom jump and shout, jump and shout, jump and shout.

The people in the kingdom jump and shout, all through the land.

The Knights Go Marching (to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching”)

The knights go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah,

The knights go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching one by one, they stop and stand to see the sun.

And they all go marching, down to the cave, to capture the dragon.

The knights go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching two by two, the stop to see what’s new.

And they all go marching down to the cave, to capture the dragon.

The knights go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching three by three, they stop and rest by the tree.

And they all go marching down to the cave, to capture the dragon.

The knights go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching four by four, they listen to the dragon snore.

And they all go marching down to the cave to capture the dragon.

The knights go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah.

The knights go marching five by five, they see the dragon, he’s alive.

And they are go marching down to the cave, to capture the dragon.

Credit: Collaborative Summer Library Program

Inclusive Imagine Your Story #2

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Books:

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya and Illustrated by #OwnVoices Juana Martinez-Neal

Princesses Wear Pants by Savannah Guthrie and Allison Oppenheim, illustrated by Eva Byrne.

Maybe Mother Goose by Esme Raji Codell and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri

Inclusion:

In La Princesa and the Pea the rhyming text includes Spanish and English in this charming retelling of the classic fairy tale.  Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal won the 2018 Pura Belpre.  The textiles and culture of the artist’s native Peru influenced the illustrations. 

In Maybe Mother Goose the pages are filled with children from multiple cultures tripping their way through traditional nursery rhymes.

Flannel Game:

I use this as a hide and seek game.  It’s fun and different because when we play hide and seek we usually just do it by color, but in this case we can also identify by pattern.

June Repeating Songs:

Song:

Fairies Fly

(sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)

Fairies fly, fairies fly (undulate fingers as if they were the fairies, moving hands in the air)

All around, all around (move hands around in the air)

Fairies fly up high (Move hands up high)

Fairies fly down low (move hands low)

All around, all around (move hands around in the air)

Credit : Collaborative Summer Library Reading Program

Song:

(Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and you Know it”)

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my nose.

There’s a little elf he’s sitting on my nose.

He’s sitting on my nose, then off away he goes.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my nose.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my knee.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my knee.

He’s sitting on my knee, then quickly he will flee.

There’s a little elf sitting on my knee.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my head.

Thee’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my head.

He’s sitting on my head, then he goes to find a bed.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my head.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my feet.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my feet.

He’s sitting on my feet, then goes to find a seat.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my feet.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my hair.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my hair.

He’s sitting on my hair, but I don’t really care.

There’s a little elf, he’s sitting on my hair.

Credit : Collaborative Summer Library Reading Program