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The GIANT Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for 3-Year-Olds

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Materials

Common sports cards from a variety of sports (baseball, football, hockey,

basketball, and so on)

Laminate or clear contact paper, optional

Small box, such as a shoebox

Graph paper and pencil

Instructions

1. When calling the children for a specific activity, use the following fun rhyme.
(Notice how the second and third words rhyme with the child's name by
simply substituting a W or B for the initial sound in the child's name.)
Andrew Wandrew Bandrew Boo
Zickity Zockity Zackity Zoo
Andrew Wandrew Bandrew Bop
Zickity Zockity Zackity Zock
2. Try to time the cadence of the rhyme so that the last word, "Zock," coincides
with the child's arrival at the designated place.
3. Be enthusiastic! Children love nonsense rhymes.
4. Find other ways to add fun to your day by using rhymes. For example, when
announcing that you are about to serve snack, instead of saying, "It's snack
time," say, "I'd like to announce to this pack, it's about time for your snack."
At lunchtime you might say, "Hey, you bunch, it's time for lunch."
More to do
Encourage the children to make up silly nonsense rhymes. Don't expect them to
create whole rhymes, but they can make up silly rhymes such as, "I found my
shoe, boo be doo boo."
Books: Make a simple rhyming book using magazine pictures. Glue pictures of
things that represent rhyming words to sheets of paper and bind them into a
book. For example, place a picture of a dress next to a picture of a nest, or a
picture of rose next to a picture of someone's toes, and so on.

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