From
Stormie: Although I'm posting ideas here as often as I can, I have reserved my very favorite activities for the "Humpty Dumpty" section of my "NURSERY RHYMES" booklet (see "Stormie's Stuff for Teachers").
I
thank one of my website visitors in the South Pacific (who teaches french children)
for kicking off this section of my website with these two fabulous Creative
Drama ideas: From
Stormie:
Although
I'm posting ideas here as often as I can, I have reserved my very favorite activities
for the "Humpty Dumpty" section of my "NURSERY
RHYMES" booklet (see "Stormie's
Stuff for Teachers").
Science: Magnetic Humpty Dumpty:
Place metal screws, washers, etc in plastic eggs. Seal the eggs up and decorate
them to look like "Humpty." Place them in the science center along
with magnetic wands or bars. Children can experiment with them while reciting
the rhyme. With the magnets, they can try to get Humpty to lean over, fall backwards,
tip sideways, maybe even "have a great fall." (A large toy block
from the block center in your classroom makes a nice "wall" for Humpty.)
Don't forget the old familiar and popular egg-shell art as an option for
"putting Humpty back together again" (gluing pieces of eggshell on small
paper egg shapes.
From
Roxanne Goulet:
Puzzles: Cut egg shapes
from bristol board and have children draw faces on them. Then cut the oval
into pieces so children can "put Humpty together again."
Variation
for younger children: Glue a pre-printed coloring page of "Humpty"
onto the bristol board after coloring it, and then cut it out and into pieces.
From
Amy:
For creative art, we let the children
use Q-tips and paint very small paper egg shapes with egg white on one day and
with egg yolk on another. We even let them try to separate the eggs
and yolk with our assistance -- this is quite a challenge. We have
found that the best way to do this is to actually place the raw egg in your hand
and allow the white to seep through your fingers into a bowl. This
activity is full of "science." (Oh, each child brings an
egg from home.) (Be sure hands are washed afterwards.)
From
Richelle, in Winthrop, Washington:
Humpty
Boiled Eggs: We can't believe we didn't think of this before, but while coloring
Easter eggs with the class, my co-teacher and I realized that when we do "Humpty
Dumpty" next time, we can have the children help us boil eggs on one day
and then have them draw faces on their "Humptys" the next day and take
them home.
From
Ms. Lori (Mt. Olivet Day Services, preschool) :
Humpty Puzzle: Stormie, I just love your website. It's a great
tool and we use it alot. I wanted to share an idea for "Humpty Dumpty":
I cut a big oval shape from a stiff cardboard and draw a face on it, making it
look like Humpty. I then cut him into several pieces (making sure there
is at least one piece per child in the class). At group time, after reading
the rhyme, I hand out the pieces and ask the children to bring them up one by
one and see how easy it is to "put Humpty together again". It
may not be easy the first time, but after that, they will ask to do it again and
again. It's a lot of fun!
Mary,
Mary, Quite Contrary
CREATIVE DRAMA: Children take turns being Mary (or Larry, or use children's
real names) and pretend to water flowers. A small sprinkler can is a nice prop.
The children could pretend to water the flowers on the mural activity below.
Ask each child "How does your garden grow?" Help them with the rhyme answer,
or as a variation to the rhyme, let them think of other things besides flowers
that grow in gardens. ---------------
Reminder
from Stormie: If you would like to begin collecting ALL my current classroom
ideas (each on a 4 x 6" index card), as well as new ones that I create, you
can do so by ordering my "Activity Cards." Click here
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