Explore the “Jack and Jill” Nursery Rhyme

Nursery rhymes are great texts for introducing rhyme and rhythm to young students. Their familiar sound patterns aid in the development of phonological awareness. They are also short and simple, which makes reciting them easier for young students. Their playful nature also introduces students to more complex concepts such as word play.

This poster featuring the rhyme “Jack and Jill” has been designed to help you in 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.Jill/hill, down/crown.

Use The “Jack and Jill” Nursery Rhyme in Your Lessons

While this poster makes a great addition to your phonics lessons, you’ll be sure to find it useful for other curriculum-aligned activities too! Here are a few suggestions from our teacher team that you might like to try:

• Narrative Stimulus – Use the rhyme as a stimulus for a story about Jack and Jill. What happens to them next? Have students finish the story.
• Vocabulary Analysis – Choose some of the traditional vocabulary from the rhyme to explore in greater detail, e.g. crown, caper. Have the students suggest words that we might use today instead of these more traditional words.
• Historical Perspectives – As a class, investigate the origins of the rhyme and what life was like during that time period.

Download These “Jack and Jill” Lyrics

Use the Download button to access the easy-print colour PDF.

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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