Hey there, my lovely rhymees! 💖 we're diving into a world of pure imagination with some seriously fun nursery rhyme games and activities! 🎶🌟🎉I'm your nursery rhyme composer, nursery rhymes girl. Today, we're talking about those super-duper nursery rhymes that double up as the best playtime buddies! 🌈🤹♀️ These nursery rhyme activities are not only a blast but also fantastic rhyming lesson plans for preschoolers.🤗🎵 It's great to add to the nursery rhyme week activities as well.
1. Ring Around the Rosie Fun Nursery Rhyme Circle Time Activities.
Lyrics: Ring around the rosie
How to play:
- Stand in a circle and hold hands.
- Sing the rhyme while walking around the circle.
- On the last line, fall to the ground gently.
2. Simon Says (Nursery Rhymes Hand Games)
Lyrics:
Simon says, touch your nose. Simon says, touch your toes. Simon says, jump up high. Simon says, wave goodbye.
How to play:
- Choose one person to be "Simon."
- Simon gives instructions, such as "Simon says, touch your nose."
- The players must follow the instructions only if Simon says "Simon says" first.
- If a player follows the instruction without Simon saying "Simon says" first, they are out of the game.
- The last player remaining wins.
3. Duck, Duck, Goose Preschool Game Activity for Kids.
Lyrics:
Duck, duck, goose, Duck, duck, goose. (Tap someone's hand gently) Goose!
How to play:
- Sit in a circle.
- Choose one person to be the "goose."
- The goose walks around the outside of the circle, tapping each person on the hand and saying "duck."
- When the goose taps someone on the hand and says "goose," that person must get up and chase the goose around the circle.
- If the goose is tagged before they can sit down in the empty spot, they become the new goose.
4. Hide and Seek Game Play.
Lyrics:
Ready or not, here I come! (Seekers count to 10 while the hiders hide) (Seekers go searching for the hiders) (The first hider to be found becomes the next seeker)
How to play:
- Choose one person to be the "seeker."
- The seeker closes their eyes and counts to 10 while the other players hide.
- Once the seeker is finished counting, they open their eyes and go searching for the hiders.
- The first hider to be found becomes the next seeker.
5. Red Light, Green Light Gaming for Small Kids.
Lyrics:
Red light, green light, 1, 2, 3.
How to play:
- Choose one person to be "it."
- It stands at one end of the playing area and faces away from the other players.
- The other players stand at the other end of the playing area.
- It turns around and says "Green light."
- The players can run towards it.
- It turns around and says "Red light."
- The players must stop moving.
- If a player is moving when it says "red light," they are out of the game.
- The first player to reach it wins.
6. Pop Goes the Weasel Nursery Rhymes Theme Preschool Activities.
Lyrics:
Pop goes the weasel, pop goes the weasel, Hippity, hop, hippity, hop, Pop goes the weasel, pop goes the weasel, All around the shop.
How to play:
- Two people stand facing each other and hold hands raised in an arch.
- The other players walk under the arch, singing the rhyme.
- In the last line, the two people lower their arms and trap a player under the arch.
- The trapped player becomes the new "weasel."
7. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Game.
Lyrics: Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How to play:
- Choose one child to sit on the floor and be the "star."
- The other children stand around the "star" and sing the rhyme.
- While they sing, the children spin the "star" around.
Lyrics: Hickory dickory dock
How to play:
- Choose one child to sit in the middle of the circle and be the "mouse."
- The other children stand around the mouse and sing the rhyme.
- On the line "the clock struck one," the mouse runs around the circle.
- On the line "the mouse ran down," the mouse runs back to the middle of the circle.
- The first child to tag the mouse becomes the new mouse.
9. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Game Activity for Kids.
Lyrics: Baa, baa, black sheep
How to play:
- Choose one child to be the "sheep."
- The other children stand around the sheep and sing the rhyme.
- On the line "Have you any wool," the sheep pretends to shear their wool.
- On the line "three bags full," the sheep holds up three fingers.
- In the last line, the sheep points to each child in turn and says "One for my master," "One for my dame," and "One for the little boy who lives down the lane."
10. The Itsy Bitsy Spider Game.
Lyrics: The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
How to play:
- Choose one child to be the "spider."
- The other children stand around the spider and sing the rhyme.
- On the line "climbed up the water spout," the spider climbs up the arm of one of the children.
- In the line "Down came the rain," the child shakes their arm to pretend that it is raining.
- On the line "Out came the sun," the child dries their arm with their hand.
- The spider then climbs back up the arm of the child.
- The game continues until the spider reaches the top of the child's arm.
11. Old MacDonald Had a Farm Game for Kids.
Lyrics: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O - Part 1
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O - Part 2
How to play:
- Choose one child to be Old MacDonald.
- The other children stand around Old MacDonald and pretend to be different animals.
- Old MacDonald sings the rhyme and makes the animal noises.
- The children make the animal noises along with Old MacDonald.
12. Wheels on the Bus Game Activities for Children.
Lyrics: The wheels on the bus go round and round
The wheels on the bus - Part 1
The wheels on the bus - Part 2
The wheels on the bus - Part 3
The wheels on the bus - Part 4
The wheels on the bus - Part 5
The wheels on the bus - Part 6
The wheels on the bus - Part 7
The wheels on the bus - Part 8
The wheels on the bus - Part 9
The wheels on the bus - Part 10
The wheels on the bus - Part 11
How to play:
- Choose one child to be the "bus driver."
- The other children sit in a circle and pretend to be on a bus.
- The bus driver sings the rhyme and makes the bus noises.
- The children make the bus noises along with the bus driver.
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