5 Day Hickory Dickory Dock Plan

Day 1: 

• Read Hickory Dickory book to class (use Dr. Jean's reproducible from Teachin' Tunes, enlarge, copy on cardstock, color, laminate, and bind to make your own book)

• Re-tell the rhyme using Hickory Dickory flannel board (see resources below) or mouse puppet.

• Sing Hickory Dickory song (select one from music resources below to sing all week) Show the book and turn the pages as you sing the song. 

• Act out the rhyme for the class using a mouse puppet and a poster of a grandfather clock.

Day 2: 

• Read Hickory Dickory book to class.

• Introduce =Hickory Dickory pocket chart from TCM Nursery Rhymes books (see reference below).  Have one student come to front and point while whole class says rhyme. 

• Sing Hickory Dickory song, show the book and turn the pages as you sing the song.

• Place grandfather clock poster and mouse puppet in a center so your students can act out the rhyme on their own. 

Day 3:

• Read Hickory Dickory book to class.

• Hickory Dickory pocket chart from TCM Nursery Rhymes books.  Have one student come to front and point while whole class says rhyme.

• Sing Hickory Dickory song, show the book and turn the pages as you sing the song.

Day 4:

• Read Hickory Dickory book to class

• Hickory Dickory pocket chart from TCM Nursery Rhymes books (see reference below).  Have one student come to front and point while whole class says rhyme. 

• Sing Hickory Dickory song, show the book and turn the pages as you sing the song.

Day 5:

• Read Hickory Dickory book to class

• Hickory Dickory pocket chart from TCM Nursery Rhymes books (see reference below).  Have one student come to front and point while whole class says rhyme. 

• Sing Hickory Dickory song, show the book and turn the pages as you sing the song.

Hickory Dickory Dock sequence

Materials: Hickory Dickory Dock sequencing picture, construction paper, crayons, scissors, glue.

The Best of the Mailbox Nursery Rhymes book has good sequencing pictures to reproduce for this rhyme.

Using 3 or 4 scene sequence pictures is a great way to check for understanding.  Have your students color the scenes, cut apart, and glue in the correct order on a piece of construction paper. 

*TIP:  4 year olds may have difficulty sequencing 4 pictures until later in the school year, I try to stick with only 3 scene sequencing activities when working with 4 year olds. 

Act out the rhyme

Materials:  poster of a grandfather clock, mouse puppet.

Attach a laminated poster of a grandfather clock to the wall in one of your center areas.  You can make your own clock poster by tracing a picture of a grandfather clock on a large piece of posterboard using the overhead.  Place a mouse puppet in a basket next to the poster and allow students to act out the story during your center time.  You will need to model this activity for the whole class first before placing it in a center. 

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