Rhyme Time with

Mother Goose

A WebQuest for Kindergarten Language Arts

Introduction:

The principal has just announced that on October 28th, we will be celebrating "Mother Goose Day". You will need your parents to help you come up with a costume for you to wear on this very exciting day!!! Be creative and pick your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhyme character.

The Tasks:

To get in the spirit, you will need your parents to help you to do the following: (This will help you decide which Mother Goose character to choose)

learn the history of Mother Goose,

read a variety of Mother Goose nursery rhymes,

take a quiz on Mother Goose nursery rhymes,

color a picture of your favorite Mother Goose rhyme, and
prepare a costume of your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhyme character.

The Process:

Now it is time to walk down Mother Goose Lane and learn more about Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. Below are some very interesting sites that will increase your understanding of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. These sites will help you as you and your parents design a costume for your favorite nursery rhyme character.

1. Mother Goose has a very interesting history. Read the history of Mother Goose along with your parents. Here, you will also discover the true meaning of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. Draw a picture about the story your parents read to you.
2. Next, let your parents read to you several Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes and choose your favorite one to memorize. Using the one which you memorized, draw a picture of the characters in the rhyme. Explain to your parents why you chose that rhyme as your favorite one. You will have a chance to recite your favorite and show your picture in class.
3. Now that you have chosen your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhyme, you and your parent can enjoy taking a quiz on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Your parent will read the quiz to you. As you are taking the quiz, let your parent keep up with the ones that you missed and discuss them together. At a later time, ask your parents for help finding the favorite nursery rhyme that you had chosen in the second task. Enjoy!!!!
4. Let's color a coloring sheet of your favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme. You will need to find the coloring sheet, with the help of your parent, and print it out. Color the sheet and bring it to class to share with the other students. We will have a coloring contest the same day we wear our costumes.
5. Now that you have chosen your favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme character, look at a picture of several characters to get an idea for a costume. You will need to be prepared to wear your costume on October 28th. We will use our digital camera to take a picture of you in your costume and it will be displayed in the hall for Parent/Teacher Conference.

The Evaluation:

The following is the way your project will be graded. You will be scored on your knowledge of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Demonstrates knowledge of Mother Goose History	Can not demonstrate any knowledge of Mother Goose.	Can identify that there is a Mother Goose character and that it does exist.	Can recite at least two characteristics of Mother Goose.	Can recite at least four characteristics of Mother Goose.
Recites Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes	Can identify what a Nursery Rhyme is.	Can recite one Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme.	Can recite at least two Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.	Can recite at least four Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
Takes a quiz on Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme	70% or below on the quiz.	80% mastery on the quiz.	90% mastery on the quiz.	100% mastery on the quiz.
Demonstrates knowledge of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes by coloring a color sheet , and wearing a costume to school of their favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme.	Has no knowledge of the costume and/or the coloring sheet.	Can only discuss the coloring sheet and tell about the costume.	Can role play the character of their favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme character with little help from parent or teacher.	Can role play the character of their favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme character with no help from parent or teacher.

Conclusion:

I hope that you learned a lot about Mother Goose nursery rhymes!!!! By completing this WebQuest, you have found several Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. You have gotten some great practice on reciting Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes and learning about the different characters . I hope that you are now able to appreciate Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes even more. Go out now and tell your parents, friends, and others about Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Look around and see if you can come up with your own rhymes as well.

Credits & References:

I want to give a special thanks to Grandmas site for allowing me to use the images that were used in my WebQuest and also to Sonya Cross, my partner in EDU 506, for her extra effort in helping me find sites and assisting me with this project.

Teacher Advice:

This WebQuest is designed for Kindergarten Language Arts. This lesson can easily be extended to preschool as well as Kindergarten.

Prior to beginning this lesson, the learner will need to be able have a knowledge of rhyming words. Because students at this level may not be able to read, the parents will need to assist the students with this project.

This lesson is designed to substitute dressing up on the day of Halloween. This project is designed to be prepared by the students with help of the parent. This preparation of this project will last about one week.

In the process where the students is to color a coloring sheet of their favorite mother Goose Nursery Rhyme character, it may be necessary to choose an alternative nursery rhyme. The child's favorite Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme may not be available in a coloring sheet.

The teacher needs to be aware of all the internet sites available about Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. Since the children will be dressing up as his/her favorite Mother Goose nursery rhyme character, the teacher will need to be able to direct the role play of the character on this special day.

Online painting is also available on the link to the coloring pages within my WebQuest.

It will be necessary for the parents to help in this project. The parents will need to help the children with their costumes on this day as well as adding an audience for the children to role play in front of. Since this is a project announced by the school principal, it would be a great idea to invite him or her to the show as well!!!!!

Created for EDU 506 @ FHU School of Education by Lisa Howell on July 24, 2001.