Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bird looked at the clock,
The clock struck two 2,
Away she flew,
Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The dog barked at the clock,
The clock struck three 3,
Fiddle-de-dee,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bear slept by the clock,
The clock struck four 4,
He ran out the door,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bee buzzed round the clock,
The clock struck five 5,
She went to her hive,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The hen pecked at the clock,
The clock struck six 6,
Oh, fiddle-sticks,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The cat ran round the clock,
The clock struck seven 7,
She wanted to get 'em,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The horse jumped over the clock,
The clock struck eight 8,
He ate some cake,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The cow danced on the clock,
The clock struck nine 9,
She felt so fine,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The pig oinked at the clock,
The clock struck ten 10,
She did it again,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The duck quacked at the clock
The clock struck eleven 11,
The duck said 'oh heavens!'
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck noon
He's here too soon!
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Mouse on Cheese Blocks

Activities:

Rhyme Time - Write the rhyme on a piece of chart paper. After reading the poem a few times, ask students to identify the words that rhyme. Underline dock, clock, and dock in one color and one and run in another color.

Ticktock Clock - Ask students what sound a clock makes (ticktock). Explain that ticktock sounds a little like the words hickory, dickory, and dock. Play with the sounds. Ask student what other words contain the chinks –ick and –ock. Have half of the class read the rhyme while the other half repeats ticktock rhythmically.

Syllable Clapping - Clap and count the number of syllables in words such as hickory. Clap and count the number of syllables in lines of the poem.

Shape Mice - Make mice from simple geometric shapes. Have each student cut out a triangle, two circles, and an oval from gray or brown construction paper. Let each student glue the shapes to a sheet of construction paper to create a mouse. Explain that a triangle represents the mouse’s head, the circles represent ears, and the oval represent’s the mouse’s body. Have students use black crayons to add whiskers, eyes, legs, and tails.

Clock Corner – Set out several different types of clocks (digital, alarm, wind-up, etc.). If you have a sundial, put it outside for your children to see on a sunny day. Let the children play with the clocks. Show the children how to set the clocks to one o’clock. If desired, se the alarms on the clocks to go off at one o’clock.

Clock Snacks – Use rice cakes or bread cut into circles for clock faces. Spread with peanut butter. Place raisins or small pieces of fruit around the edges of the crackers to represent numerals. Use carrot or celery sticks to represent hands of a clock at the one o’clock position.

Cheese-Tasting Party- Do mice really like cheese? Good question for research! Wonder if they only like certain kinds of cheeses? Help children understand how cheese is made and how many different kinds there are. Have children bring in different kinds of cheeses. Cut the cheese into bite-size pieces so that the children can try each type for themselves. Supply some crackers to go with the cheese.

Catch the Mice Game - Form a circle. Choose four children to be "mice" and go into the center of the circle. Choose someone to be the "cat", who must stand outside the circle. Call "Catch the mice!" The cat goes into the circle and tries to catch the mice. (The mice cannot go outside the circle). As the mice are caught, they join the other children in the circle. The last child to be caught becomes the "cat" in the next game.

Hershey Kiss Mice – You need one jar of maraschino cherries (with stems), a bag of Hershey kisses, small bag of chocolate chips, and sliced almonds. Melt chocolate chips in double boiler or microwave. Dip the cherry in melted chocolate, holding by stem. Dip the bottom of the kiss in the chocolate, then put together with cherry. The cherry is the body of mouse, stem is tail and kiss is nose. Then dip two almonds in the chocolate and put them between the cherry and kiss for mouse ears.

Thumbprint Mice- Have each child press his/her thumb on a gray or brown ink pad and then place the print on paper. Turn the thumbprints into mice.

Mouse Puppets - Trace a mouse head pattern onto gray construction paper. Then cut it out. Use the smaller pieces of construction paper to add ears, eyes, nose, and whiskers to the mouse head. Cut out a pair of overalls and color as desired. Glue the mouse head and overalls onto a brown lunch sack.

Munchy Mouse

Munchy Mouse Photo Ingredients:

1 spoonful of peanut butter
1 spoonful of Karo syrup
1 spoonful of powdered sugar
1 spoonful nonfat dry milk
2 mini cookies
2 raisins
1 6 inch string of licorice

Directions:

Place the peanut butter, syrup, powdered sugar, and dry milk in a small cup.
Mix thoroughly with a spoon until no dry ingredients can be seen.
Shape the peanut butter dough into a ball and place it on a plate. This is your mouse body!
Add the raisins for eyes.
Make mouse ears by inserting the cookies on the side.
Add licorice for the tail.
Munch! Munch!