At our "Simple Simon" Logical-Mathematical Station, students need to solve math problems posed by or based on Nursery Rhymes.
At our "Queen of Hearts" Visual-Spatial Station, kids work in pairs or groups of three to build a bridge out of large blocks. They then read London Bridge is Falling Down with its many, MANY, verses and draw a picture of their creation (a photograph of their bridge will be put on the cover of their folders).
Groups visiting the "Little Boy Blue" Musical Station choreograph a group dance to a nursery rhyme put to music.
The "Jack Be Nimble" Kinesthetic station has students learn traditional jumprope rhymes and then practice jumping rope while reciting them. Many are meant to help kids learn to count, or learn the alphabet, or the months of the year - we turn the rope at "pepper" speed to see how far into their numbers, letters, or months they can get.
Students visiting the "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" Interpersonal Station play games where they advance their playing piece along a path of vowels based on the turn of a card. They work on good sportsmanship, especially when someone gets the "Lose a Turn" card!
The "Humpty Dumpty" Literacy Station has many nursery rhymes written on sentence strips for kids to mix-up and then fix-up. They choose a favorite to memorize to share with the group.
At our other Literacy Station, "Mother Goose", kids are learning tongue twisters. They practice saying them smoothly, then try to boost their speed when they feel more confident.
Groups come together after a station session in a large group to share what they have learned or done at their station. Watching and listening as other groups recite a nursery rhyme, jump rope, share math strategies, perform a dance, twist their tongues, or share how their game went help all of us to learn from their experiences which the next groups will build on.
Enjoy the pictures below from our first round of stations:
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