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For my ELA Lesson, I chose the topic of Producing Rhyming Words for Pre-School level students!

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I chose this topic because I have found that teaching children, especially younger children, rhyming can be very difficult. I have also found that once they understand it, there are so many different fun ways to incorporate rhyming into lesson plans!

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I think that there are many ways that drama can be incorporated into rhyming words.

One way is by having children act out what is happening in a nursery rhyme! This can be done in a whole or small group setting.

Another fun way to incorporate drama would be for all students to be given a card. Each student will have a card with a picture that rhymes with one other student. Students will go around the room and only use actions to describe their word, and find their match. For example if the rhyming words are "cat and hat", one student may meow like a cat and the other may demonstrate putting on a hat.

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This was one of my favorite lesson plans from the website because it brings both literature and drama into play!

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Nursery Rhyme Charades

I use this activity with my really little ones--Pre-Kindergarten--when they are learning about nursery rhymes and Mother Goose. It is very simple, and a lot of fun for my students.

We begin by discussing nursery rhymes in general, and by naming as many of them as we can. Then we play the game.

Each student in turn goes to the center of the circle and pantomimes an element from a nursery rhyme. (For instance, he might pantomime someone sleeping for "Little Boy Blue.")

The rest of the class tries to guess what nursery rhyme is meant.

When dealing with very young students--although I suppose this activity would work with older kids as well--it is very important for the teacher to carefully guide the acting and guessing, and to make positive comments about the performances ("Wow! that's a really interesting way to act out Bo Peep!") and about the guesses ("Well, no, that isn't what he's doing, but I can see what you mean. He does sort of look like he's jumping over a candlestick, doesn't he!") so that everyone feels a part of the learning.

My Pre-Kindergarten class is my most difficult, and this activity works extremely well with them.

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Creative Drama Lesson about nursery rhymes.