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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Remix a Nursery Rhyme
Swap the characters and places in a nursery rhyme you know and make a brand-new silly version.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- rhyme, word play, retelling
What kids do
“Take a rhyme you know and give it a silly makeover!”
- Pick a rhyme to remix:
- Swap the character for:
- Swap the place for:
- My remix:
- Draw your remix
How to run it
- Say the original rhyme together first.
- Keep the beat: clap it out to check.
- Younger kids can say their remix while a grown-up writes.
Talk about it
- Which words had to rhyme?
- Which remix was the silliest?
- Why do rhymes stick in our heads?
Take it further
Remix a second rhyme with a monster as the star.
Pairs well with
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