Explore Rhyme with “Hey Diddle Diddle”

When it comes to teaching our youngest students about rhyming pairs, nursery rhymes are the ideal choice! Not only are they simple and familiar to our students, but they also provide great examples of simple rhythm and rhyming structures. In addition to this, the content of nursery rhymes is also rather fun and quirky, making them ideal for engaging the attention of young children.

This poster featuring the rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle” makes a great teacher tool for exploring rhyme and rhythm with your youngest learners. It displays the complete rhyme in a child-friendly font, making it accessible for early readers to follow along. It also uses underlining to denote the rhyming pairs, e.g. diddle/fiddle, moon/spoon.

Use This “Hey Diddle Diddle” Poster in Your Classroom

This poster of the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle” can be used in multiple ways in your early years classroom. Here are a few suggestions from our teacher team:

• Read and Listen – Use the poster as a visual aid while playing an audio or video recording of the poem. Point to the rhyming words on the poster as they are heard in the recording, reinforcing auditory and visual connections.
• Rhyming Word Bank – Choose one of the rhyming pairs from the poem, then see how many words students can brainstorm that rhyme with these words.
• Art and Music Projects – Have students create illustrations or artworks based on the nursery rhyme. Alternatively, students could perform the rhyme using musical instruments as an accompaniment.

Download These “Hey Diddle Diddle” Lyrics

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Project the poster on your interactive whiteboard or print it for your classroom display board. If you intend to display the poster, we recommend enlarging it for enhanced readability.

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