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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find the Real Mother Goose

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this picture matching worksheet, students examine 6 similar pictures of Mother Goose. Students color the one picture that is different from the others.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mother Goose Vehicle Puzzle

For Students K - 1st
In this Mother Goose vehicles puzzle instructional activity, students read a rhyme that mentions a sailing ship. Students cut out 7 pieces and paste them on another paper to make a ship. There is a picture to hint students.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mother Goose Caboose-- Airplane

For Students Pre-K - K
In this Mother Goose airplane worksheet, students read a rhyme about an airplane. Students cut out 7 pieces and paste them on another paper to create a plane.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mother Goose Caboose: Truck

For Students Pre-K - K
In this Mother Goose truck puzzle instructional activity, students cut out 9 pieces and paste them on another paper to create a truck. Students read the rhyme that mentions a truck.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Little Rabbit's Tale: 19

For Students 1st - 3rd
This set of daily spelling activities is intended for use with the story, Little Rabbit's Tale. Learners use the high frequency and spelling words found in the story to complete 4 different activities. They write the long e words, fill...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blackbird Pie

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research the history of the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." They interpret the ideas in the rhyme and create a visual representation of a Blackbird Pie.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hiccup, Hiccup Go Away

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss how the world of Mother Goose is full of sign, charms, and fortune telling, supplying advice on how to deal with life's events. They view a poster of "Hiccup, Hiccup." Students are asked if they have ever had hiccups....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fairytale Cake

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students recreate characters from the story, "The Fairytale Cake." In this fairy tale characterization lesson, students first listen to fairy tales read aloud. They then use play dough and plastic bowls as pretend "cakes and icing", and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mary Had A Little Lamb

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen and observe the role play of the various versions of the poem. They take notes while listening and observing and develop their own versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
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Lesson Plan
August House

The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Learn the moral of the story with a series of activities about Aesop's fables. Focusing on The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind, learners complete a graphic organizer to discuss who, what, how, and why the events occur. Additionally,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nursery Rhyme Rewrites

For Teachers K
Students rewrite a classical nursery rhyme. They develop a sense of self in relation to their families and community. They also perform the original nursery rhyme in a play setting.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literature - November

For Teachers K
Students develop new vocabulary through listening. They listen to comprehend and to obtain information.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Contest Between The Sun And The Wind

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read fables by Aesop and learn about the famous storyteller. In this fables lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss questions about Aesop and then write their own fable.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cool Math

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students benefit from the correctly selected book for a specific math concept.  In this book selection lesson, students are given a list of books related to specific math concepts.  Students' ages can range from pre-school to fifth grade. 
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: The Tales of Mother Goose [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "The Tales of Mother Goose" by Charles Perrault is available here in PDF format. The Tales of Mother Goose, which was first released in 1695, is 67 pages pages long.
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Handout
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Perrault gave these tales "literary legitimacy" when he wrote them down and published them. Read about Perrault and read his stories that swept across England in the 1800s.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Mother Goose's Fairy Tales by e.h. Corbould, Et Al

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mother Goose's Fairy Tales by E.H. Corbould, et al (c1887), a collection of illustrated fairy tales.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Mother Goose Rhymes, Jingles, and Fairy Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Mother Goose Rhymes, Jingles, and Fairy Tales, a book of nursery rhymes and stories for children.
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Handout
Other

The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Treasury of Stories by Maud Humphrey

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Treasury of Stories by Maud Humphrey (c1894), a collection of illustrated jingles, rhymes, short stories, and fairy tales.