DLTK's Nursery Rhymes Activities
Five Little Chickens
(printable Templates at the bottom of this page)
Said the first little chicken,
With a queer little squirm,
"I wish I could find
A fat little worm."
Said the second little chicken,
With an odd little shrug,
"I wish I could find
A fat little bug."
Said the third little chicken,
With a sharp little squeal,
"I wish I could find
Some nice yellow meal."
Said the fourth little chicken,
With a sigh of grief,
"I wish I could find
A little green leaf."
Said the fifth little chicken,
With a faint little moan,
"I wish I could find
A wee gravel stone."
"Now see here," said the
mother,
From the green garden patch,
"If you want any breakfast,
Just come here and SCRATCH!"
Use the sheets as... COLORING PAGES
- simply print the black and white version of each page and allow the children to color them.
- Writing: older children can write the name of the item the chicken wanted on the bottom of each page.
Use the sheets as... PUPPETS
- Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see
above)
OR - print the color pages
- Cut out each character and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
- If working with a group of children, each one can be a certain character.
- When their part of the story comes up, they can wiggle around the puppet and chant their section of the rhyme.
- You can have a nursery rhyme parade... Line the children up in the order they are mentioned in the story and let them march around the room, waving their puppets.
- Stand in a circle with all the puppets. Have the child with the first chicken stand in the center of the circle at the beginning of the first verse and have the child with the worm walk into the circle to meet him/her at the end of the verse. Continue through all the verses.
Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS
- Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see
above)
OR - print the color pages
- You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them to last longer.
- Cut out each page.
- Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each animal (if you laminated, it will need to be a larger piece of sandpaper). The sandpaper will allow the characters to stick on your felt board.
- If working with a group, give each child a character. As you read the story, have the children bring up the appropriate characters and put them on the board (you can make this easier for the children by sitting them on the carpet in the order they will be coming to the board.
- Memory: After the rhyme is over, ask the group, "Now what did the first little chicken want?". Walk the first little chicken over to the green garden patch on the felt board and match him with the worm. Continue through all the verses.
Templates (in order of appearance in the story):
- close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
- change your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). See print help for more info.
Entire poem on one page - with words and images:
TEMPLATE with words color or B&W
Each verse on separate page - images only:
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TEMPLATE 6 color or B&W
Each verse on separate page - words and images:
TEMPLATE 1 color or B&W
TEMPLATE 2 color or B&W
TEMPLATE 3 color or B&W
TEMPLATE 4 color or B&W
TEMPLATE 5 color or B&W
TEMPLATE 6 color or B&W
print version of this rhyme - no images
