Rhymes can help children look a bit more carefully at the natural world around them. Take the opportunities that rhymes offer to have conversations with your child. This rhyme gives the two of you a chance to talk about turtles.
Try this...Do hand movements with the following rhyme.
I had a little turtle (make a fist)
He lived in a box (outline box shape with fingers)
He swam in the water (making swimming motions)
And he climbed on the rocks (make climbing motions)
He snapped at a minnow (make a grabbing motion)
He snapped at a flea (make a grabbing motion)
He snapped at a mosquito (make a grabbing motion)
And he snapped at me (make a grabbing motion)
He caught the minnow (clap cupped hands)
He caught the flea (clap cupped hands)
He caught the mosquito (clap cupped hands)
But he didn't catch me! (point to yourself)
Information taken from The Early Literacy Kit by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting.
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