Hey
Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the
fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Favorite
Activities and Lessons:
Finger Painting Fun - Finger-paint
while listening to country fiddle or classical violin music. When dry, decorate
with cat stickers.
Phonics Fun – Play
with beginning sounds. Read the words
fiddle, diddle, moon, and spoon to the students. Challenge them to find other words with the same
beginning sounds in the rhyme and objects in the classroom whose names begin
with the sounds. Ask students to
identify which words begin with sp in the rhyme. Challenge students to think of five more
words that begin with sp.
Guided Writing – Guide students in creating stories about the rhyme. Ask students to propose answer to the
following questions: Why is the cat
playing music? Why is the dog
laughing? Is the cow really jumping over
the moon? How can a dish run away with a
spoon? Have students dictate the story
as you write it on chart paper. After
students have dictated the story, ask them to illustrate scenes from the
story. Publish their story for the
classroom library. Include student
illustrations on each page. Read the
story together and allow students to practice reading with a story they
created.
Pattern Skills – Use words from the rhyme and other related or nonsense words to make word
patterns. Create and say a word pattern
aloud. Repeat the pattern and ask students
to join in when they recognize it.
Examples include: hey diddle diddle
hey diddle diddle, fie fiddle diddle
fie fiddle diddle, and dog cat cow
dog cat cow. Let students take turns
making up patterns for their classmates to identify. Use more complex patterns as their ability to
recognize patterns increase.
Newspaper Story – As a class, have students dictate a newspaper article about the cow who
jumped over the moon. Write students’
ideas on chart paper. Be sure to include
the answers to the questions: who, what,
when, where, and why in the newspaper article.
Lunar Leap – Give
each student a copy of a cow pattern. Ask
students to write their names on the cows.
Lead the students and their cow cutouts to a large open area. Pair students together, and give each pair
some masking tape. Have one student
place a piece of tape on the ground to mark the place where she or he will
start jumping. Have the student jump as
far as he or she can, and mark the length of the jump with a piece of
tape. Ask the jumper’s partner to use
the cow cutouts to measure how far the student jumped. Record the length of the jump on the back of
the jumper’s cow cutout. Then students
switch places and repeat the activity.
Milk For
These Murals Are Quite a Sight – Organize the class into small groups.
Give each group cutouts of a cat, fiddle, cow, moon, dog, dish, and
spoon to color. Give each group a large
piece of butcher paper, paint, and paintbrushes, and invite them to create a
backdrop for their characters. Encourage
students to use their murals and character cutouts to tell the story of “Hey,
Diddle Diddle.”
Set The Table – Fill a plastic tub with ten paper plates (dishes) and ten plastic
spoons. Place the tub in a center with a
long table. Invite students to empty the
tub and count each set of objects. Next,
invite students to pretend to set the table using one-to-one correspondence to
match a spoon with each dish. Have students
count to check that there are ten sets of spoons and dishes. All set!
The Cow Jumped Over The Moon? – Give each child a cow and moon cutout.
Have each child color them and then glue the cow to a sentence strip
sized to fit her head. Tape the moon to a jumbo craft stick. Review positional word with the class and
then pair students for this activity.
Direct one child in each pair to don her headband, pretend to be the
cow, and follow positional directions fro her partner. Invite the other child in each pair to hold
his moon and give the cow simple directions such as “Stand beside the moon” and
Sit under the moon.” After a designated time,
have partners switch roles and continue the activity. Then send the headbands and moons home for
additional practice.
Animal Movements – This activity engages children’s knowledge of animal movements, as well
as their listening skills. Explain that
in the rhyme “Hey, Diddle Diddle” the animal
movements are very unusual. Ask students
to describe what the animals are doing.
As a class, think of movements from the rhyme that children can do and remember
easily. Include other animal movements,
too. Then have them practice the
movements, following your example. Some
movements might include:
o
A cow jumping. (Jump up and down in
place).
o
A cat fiddling. (One arm holds the “fiddle”
while the other arm moves back and forth pretending to pay it.)
o
A bird flying. (Flap arms up and down
at sides.)
o
A rabbit hopping. (With hands at chest
level, take short hops.)
When you say “cow jumping” to the
class, they should all jump on cue until you tell them to stop. Next say something like “birds jumping”. The class should remain motionless. Continue with all the animal movements. Have children take turns playing the role of the
leader.
Sequencing Cards – Use the sentence strips below to have the students put the rhyme in
order.
Jump Over
The Moon Game
Favorite
Websites:
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/heydiddle/index.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/coloring/Heydiddle.shtml
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/heydiddle.html
http://www.pre-kpages.com/diddle.html
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/Hey_diddle_diddle.pdf
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