Materials
"Humpty Dumpty" rhyme (in an illustrated Mother Goose book)
Large baking pan with sides
Raw egg
Little Lumpty by Miko Imai
Instructions
1. Teach the children the following poem:
There were ten on the bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over."
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
Now there's nine in the bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over."
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
Now there's eight in the bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over."
Continue the poem in this manner until there is one in the bed and the verse
goes:
There is one in the bed and the little one said,
"Ah, now for a good night's sleep!"
2. Ask the children if they have a favorite blanket. Encourage them to describe it
to a friend.
3. Give each child a piece of rectangle-shaped paper. Tell the children that it is
shaped like a blanket, and it is called a rectangle. Ask the children to decorate
the rectangles by coloring them with markers or tearing, cutting, and gluing
wallpaper samples to them.
4. When the children are finished, give each child a cup filled with ten teddy
bear crackers or cookies. (Tell them not to eat them yet.)
5. Ask the children to put the ten teddies on their "beds."
6. With the children, recite the "Roll Over" poem. In each verse, when you say,
"One fell out," children eat one of their teddy bear cookies. Continue until
they only have one left. Let them decide if they want to eat the last bear.
More to do
Dramatic Play: Encourage the children to act out the poem. They can lie down
and pretend they are on a bed, "roll over" at the proper time, and one can
pretend to fall out.