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3 Responses to “What is a useful/practical short rhyme (in English) to teach gr 2 chinese students (ESL)?”

1. craftylass Says:
   December 16th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

   I have used this rhyme for elementary school students here in China. It’s called a “walk-on” rhyme because I have the steps on the floor and they walk along side them and perform the action as they are saying them. This is in conjunction with the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” but teaches useful terminology.

   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, turn around (perform action)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, touch the ground (perform action)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, knock on the door (perform action)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, eat some porridge (pretend to eat)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, have a seat (squat)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, go to sleep (pretend to sleep)
   Goldilocks, Goldilocks, run, run, run (run in place)
   Back to the beginning to have some fun! (go back to the beginning

   New words: Goldilocks, around, touch, ground, knock, door, porridge, seat, sleep

   Materials: Cut a piece of butcher paper about 15 feet long (5 meters or so). Draw the following items on the paper in this order: a pair of feet (trace shoes), a spiral arrow (an arrow that is going around in a circle), a door, a bowl, a chair, a bed, and a pair of walking feet going off the end of the paper. If you don’t have butcher paper, then draw the items on individual papers/posters and place them in the order of the rhyme. Read the rhyme as the children are walking on the paper (Have them remove shoes or have them walk alongside the paper.) If your class is a large one, have students go in pairs, one on either side of the paper.

   My students loved this. We did it as an activity for about three weeks and on the fourth week, I read “The Three Bears” to them and they understood the story!

   Enjoy! craftylass

2. Elena S Says:
   December 20th, 2009 at 2:05 am

   a very short and useful rhyme (as Twinkle Twinkle little star):

   if you
   don’t know
   how to teach —
   stay away
   from
   local kids… Elena S

3. Ich liebe Tokio Hotel Says:
   December 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm

   Bits of paper,
   Bits of paper;
   Lying on the floor,
   Lying on the floor;
   Make the place untidy,
   Make the place untidy;
   Pick them up,
   Pick them up.

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   Here we go round the mulberry bush,
   The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
   Here we go round the mulberry bush,
   On a cold and frosty morning.
   This is the way we wash our hands,
   Wash our hands, wash our hands,
   This is the way we wash our hands,
   On a cold and frosty morning.

   This is the way we wash our face,
   Wash our face, wash our face,
   This is the way we wash our face,
   On a cold and frosty morning.

   This is the way we comb our hair,
   Comb our hair, comb our hair,
   This is the way we comb our hair,
   On a cold and frosty morning.

   This is the way we polish our shoes,
   Polish our shoes, polish our shoes,
   This is the way we polish our shoes,
   On a cold and frosty morning. Ich liebe Tokio Hotel

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