Poetry, Songs and Jingles
Objective:To use poems and chants in ways that enhances children's awareness of the sound patterns of speech. Materials: Poem or song
Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeHungry pigs as pigs can beFor their supper had to waitDown behind the garden gate Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeClimbed the garden gate to seePeeking through the gate so highBut no supper did they spy Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeLooking sad as pigs can beBut the gate soon opened wideAnd they scurried forth outside Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeWhat to their delight did seeDinner waiting not far offSuch a full and tasty trough Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeWhat to their delight did seeDinner waiting not far offSuch a full and tempting trough Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeGreedy pigs as pigs can beTo their dinner ran pell mellIn that trough those piggies fell
Activity:Rhyming poems and songs that children have learned by heart offer special opportunities for rhyme play. Initially, introduce children to only one or two rhymes that they can learn well. More rhymes can always be added to their repertoire in time. In introducing a new poem or chant, first read or recite it for the children, emphasizing its rhythm and exaggerating its rhymes. Then, rereading line by line, the children should repeat each line in unison. So that they can hear and learn the words, the pace should be slow and deliberate at first, gradually picking up speed as the children gain mastery. Variations:• Recite the poem in whispers, but say the rhyming words aloud.• Recite the poem in very loud voices, but whisper the rhyming words.• Recite the poem in crescendoing voices, getting louder and louder as you go.• Recite the poem in decrescendoing voices, getting softer and softer as you go.• Recite the poem in a canon or round.• Seat the children in a circle, and ask them to recite successive lines of the poem, one at a time, in turn.• Seat the children in a circle, and ask them to recite successive words of the poem, one at a time, in turn.
Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeHungry pigs as pigs can beFor their supper had to waitDown behind the garden gate Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeClimbed the garden gate to seePeeking through the gate so highBut no supper did they spy Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeLooking sad as pigs can beBut the gate soon opened wideAnd they scurried forth outside Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeWhat to their delight did seeDinner waiting not far offSuch a full and tasty trough Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeWhat to their delight did seeDinner waiting not far offSuch a full and tempting trough Piggy Wig and Piggy WeeGreedy pigs as pigs can beTo their dinner ran pell mellIn that trough those piggies fell
Activity:Rhyming poems and songs that children have learned by heart offer special opportunities for rhyme play. Initially, introduce children to only one or two rhymes that they can learn well. More rhymes can always be added to their repertoire in time. In introducing a new poem or chant, first read or recite it for the children, emphasizing its rhythm and exaggerating its rhymes. Then, rereading line by line, the children should repeat each line in unison. So that they can hear and learn the words, the pace should be slow and deliberate at first, gradually picking up speed as the children gain mastery. Variations:• Recite the poem in whispers, but say the rhyming words aloud.• Recite the poem in very loud voices, but whisper the rhyming words.• Recite the poem in crescendoing voices, getting louder and louder as you go.• Recite the poem in decrescendoing voices, getting softer and softer as you go.• Recite the poem in a canon or round.• Seat the children in a circle, and ask them to recite successive lines of the poem, one at a time, in turn.• Seat the children in a circle, and ask them to recite successive words of the poem, one at a time, in turn.