DLTK's Nursery Rhymes for Kids
Hickory Dickory Dock Felt Board Characters
In this section I've put together some simple pages to go with the nursery rhyme. If you just do the first basic verse of the rhyme, the felt board characters work like the others on the sight (you put them up as you mention the names in the rhyme).
Telling Time: However, if you do all 12 verses, this is a great felt board exercise for telling time. As each "o'clock" is mentioned, have the child choose the correct clock from the pieces and put it up on the board!
Number Practice: Similarly, you can practice number recognition by putting up the correct number -- from 1 to 12 -- when they are mentioned in the longer version of the rhyme.
Anyways, here are some ideas for using basic felt board characters:
Use the sheets as... PUPPETS
- Either print the black and white sheet to color
OR - print the color page
- Cut out each image and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS
- Either print the black and white sheet to color
OR - print the color page
- You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them to last longer.
- Cut out each character.
- Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each character (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.
- Nursery rhymes are quite short, but if you own a felt board it's still nice to put up felt board characters and point to them as they are mentioned in the nursery rhyme.
Templates:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
Template (first verse) color or B&W
Template (clocks 1 thru 4) color or B&W
Template (clocks 5 thru 8) color or B&W
Template (clocks 9 thru 12) color or B&W
Template (animals 1 thru 4) color or B&W
Template (animals 5 thru 8) color or B&W
Template (animals 9 thru 12) color or B&W
Template (numbers 1 thru 4) B&W only
Template (numbers 5 thru 8) B&W only
Template (numbers 9 thru 12) B&W only