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Universitt Koblenz-Landau, Campus KoblenzSummer Term 2005English departmentAres/studies/ Childrens literatureCourse instructor: Heike BckerTopic: Rhymes in primary schoolPresentation: Hnermann, Linda; Kulle, Natalie; Steffen, Elisabeth

Rhymes/ nursery rhymes in primary school

Why to use rhymes in primary school:

- learning with all sense action supports the learning success

- indirect way of learning

- can help to motivate the children or to calm down the children

- rhymes are fun for children

- feeling of community

- can create a relaxed atmosphere

- shy children profit from speaking in a group

- have a long tradition in English speaking countries

- they are short enough to be easily learnt

What is the learning effect:

- help to learn vocabulary

- help to learn grammatical structures

- help to learn the right intonation

- help to learn the right pronunciation

- train the listening comprehension

- can even raise the cultural awareness

When can you use a rhyme:

- you can speak a rhyme in every situation

at the beginning or ending of an English lesson

to introduce a new topic


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How to introduce rhymes in primary school:

1.) Write the rhyme on the blackboard or hand it out to the children.

2.) Read it out one or two times slowly and loudly.

3.) Let the children guess what the rhyme is about, so you can check if theyunderstood the content. Its not necessary to translate it word by word, but the

children should know what the rhyme means.

4.) Explain difficult words and words the children did not understand (by visual aids

like flashcards, movements, gestures or authentic material)

5.) Learn the text step by step by one of the following methods:

the snowball principleand the echo principle

snowball principle: the teacher says a sequence becoming longer and longer. After

each saying the students repeat that sequence in chorus.

Example: Teacher: This is ...

Students: This is ...

Teacher: This is the way ...

Students: This is the way ...

echo principle: the students as a group imagine they are an echo in a mountain

wood, a valley etc. The teacher shouts a sequence and the students repeat the

teachers sequence.

Example: Teacher: all day long ...

Students: all day long ...

Teacher: round and round ...

Students: round and round ...

Teacher: round and round all day long ...

Students: round and round all day long ... etc

6.) While learning the text, pay attention to any problems of pronunciation.

7.) Actions should be done by the students while learning the text. Also other visual

aids like flashcards or authentic material should be used while learning it.

8.) Longer texts can be learned verse by verse in the following lessons.


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9.) Speak the whole rhyme in chorus, in groups or alone and do the actions or use

the material. Repeat this several times.

10.) Make sure that its regularly sung in class within the next weeks, so that the

rhymes become part of pupils knowledge.

Some important facts:

There are no real boundaries between the types of rhymes. The transitions are

smooth. Sometimesit is really difficult to access/ relate?a rhyme to just one

group.

The relationship between a rhyme and a song is very close, because songs are

derived from all kinds of rhymes.

A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally

in the nursery (age of the kindergarten). Many cultures feature children's songs

and verses that are passed down by oral tradition from one generation to the next

(either from parent to child, or from older to younger children). However the term

"nursery rhyme" generally refers to those of European origin. The best known

examples are English and originated in or since the 17th century.

The most famous collection of nursery rhymes is that of Mother Goose. Inliterature, Mother Goose is the typical countrywoman, the teller of fairy tales and

nursery rhymes. No specific writer has been identified with the name.

Types of rhymes:

counting rhymes

choosing rhymes

action rhymes

finger play rhymes

jump rope rhymes

special occasion rhymes

clapping rhymes

ball bouncing rhymes

topic rhymestongue twisters rhymes


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Source:

- K. Becker, R. Kreis; Songs, Rhymes and Poems, Schroedel 2003

- J. Supancich; The Big Book of Playground Rhymes and Chants, Evan-Moor

Educational Publischers, 1993- F. Klippel; Englisch in der Grundschule, Cornelson, 2000

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_rhymes

- K. Hellwig; Fremdsprachen an Grundschulen als Spielen und Lernen, Max

Hueber Verlag, 1995

- G. Schmidt-Schnbein; Didaktik, Grundschulenglisch, Cornelsen 2001

- V. Petrone; Incy wincy spider and other nursery rhymes, Ladybird

- J. Smith; Hey diddle diddle and other nursery rhymes, Ladybird

- Collins; English nursery rhymes, Collins 1990


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Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full;

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

And one for the little boyWho lives down the lane.


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Hey diddle, diddle!

Hey diddle, diddle

The cat and the fiddle

The cow jumped over the moonThe little dog laughed

To see such sport

And the dish ran away with the

spoon!


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Choosing rhymes (counting-out rhymes)

Apples, peaches, pears and plums,

tell me when your birthday comes.

Rhymes for special occassions

Hey- Ho for halloween. All witches to be seen.Some are balck and some are green. .Hey- Ho for halloween.

Hey- ho for halloween. All ghosts to be seen.

Ball bouncing rhymes

Number one, touch your tongue.Number two, touch your shoe.Number tree, touch your knee.Number four, touch the floor.Number five, learn to jive.Number six, pick up sticks.Number seven, go to heaven.Number eight, over the gate.Number nine, touch your spine.Number ten, do it again.

Tongue twisterThree gray geese in the green grass grazing. (Power pint)Gray were the geese and green was the grass.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.


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Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear,

and he flicked ittil it flew away.

Little had a fly upon his ear,

And he flicked ittil flew away.


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Little Peter had aupon his ear,

and he flicked ittil it flew away.

Little Peter had a

upon his,

and he flicked ittil it flew away!


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A sailor went so sea

A sailor went to

sea, sea, sea

To see what he could

see, see, see

But all that he could

see, see, see

Was the bottom of the deep blue

sea, sea, sea.

= clap your own hand

= clap right hands with a partner= clap left hands with a partner

= clap your partner`s hands


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Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,

Turn around.Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,

Touch the ground.


Turn out the light,


Say good night!


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Incy Wincy spider

Climed up the spout;Down came the rain

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sunshineAnd dried up all the rain;

Incy Wincy spider

climbed up again.

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