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Find the Real Mother Goose
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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Mother Goose Vehicle Puzzle
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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Mother Goose Caboose-- Airplane
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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Mother Goose Caboose: Truck
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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Little Rabbit's Tale: 19
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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Blackbird Pie
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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Hiccup, Hiccup Go Away
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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Fairytale Cake
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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Mary Had A Little Lamb
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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The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind
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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Nursery Rhyme Rewrites
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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Literature - November
Students develop new vocabulary through listening. They listen to comprehend and to obtain information.
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The Contest Between The Sun And The Wind
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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Cool Math
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.
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: The Tales of Mother Goose [Pdf]
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.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Mother Goose's Fairy Tales by e.h. Corbould, Et Al
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Mother Goose Rhymes, Jingles, and Fairy Tales
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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The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions
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!
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Treasury of Stories by Maud Humphrey
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.