Nursery Rhyme Worksheets

Students love Nursery rhymes because they are fun to say and to listen too. They are a good way for children to learn how the sounds in words relate to their spelling. Rhymes also give children practice with words that rhyme, like bat and hat, or rat and mat. Singing nursery rhymes with choral accompaniment is a great way for kids to identify musical rhythms while also getting valuable time on their feet.

These worksheets include 7 nursery rhymes in two printable sets with both writing and coloring sections. They can be used in classrooms and at home to practice reading. Nursery rhymes are timeless in education but there is so much more you can do with them. We will explore some of these ways below.

We have two sets of Nursery Rhyme worksheets here for you to download and use, both have the whole nursery rhyme and image to help students understand and some comprehension questions to check their comprehension.

You can download them from the two links on the images below it will take you to the PDF versions.

Nursery Rhyme Worksheets Set 1

There are 7 Nursery Rhyme Worksheets in the printable below. All have the full rhyme and the questions. We have also added a small picture to color and make it a more personal worksheet for students as well. The Nursery Rhymes included are listed below the image.

Nursery Rhymes included in Set 1.

• One Two, Buckle My Shoe
• Little Miss Muffet
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Little Bo Peep
• Hey Diddle, Diddle
• Incy Wincy Spider
• Humpty Dumpty

Nursery Rhyme Worksheets Set 2

Nursery Rhymes included in Set 2.

Set 2 of the nursery Rhyme worksheets also have 7 different version for you ( so 14 in total if you download both sets of Nursery Rhyme Printables)

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: The classic song is a great way to introduce spaces themes to younger students
• This Little Piggy Went to Market:
• Hickory Dickory Dock: is a rhyming chant and nursery rhyme that helps teach rhyming concepts.
• Mary Had a Little Lamb: Another great nursery rhyme to teach rhyming.
• 1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
• Bingo: Although it is not just a Nursery Rhyme it is song loved by children all over the world. There are actions in the song and great Youtube videos.
• 5 Little Monkeys

Why Are Nursery Rhymes Good for Learning English?

Ideas To Use Nursery Rhymes in The Classroom.

1. Sing the Nursery Rhyme: A lot of Nursery Rhymes lend themselves to song. So a quick search on YouTube will find hundreds ( of carrying quality) This is especially useful for younger children as they love to sing, and it will help them practice in a group setting.
2. Fit them into themed lessons. Usually Nursery rhymes have a story or lesson in them, they also invariably use animals or people and can be used in lessons that cover those topics.
3. Singing, acting and reading are great skills should be part of every curriculum. Nursery rhymes as well as teaching vocabulary they can also be sued to teach rhyme, and alliteration among other aspects of English including writing reading and speaking.
4. If more advanced students you can try to do creative writing and have students try create their own small nursery rhyme or poem.
5. To add to your nursery rhymes, you can use the characters of nursery rhymes like a flashcard. The children can learn the rhyme while listening to the story.
6. The children can also make their own story using the characters from nursery rhymes. They could also write another verse or finish the rhyme a different way.
7. If you work with phonics, make a rhyming chart and have the children use it to recall words

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