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168 Reading: The Sport of Champions!
back of each paper plate, using stickers or markers. Recite the nursery rhyme, “Hey Diddle
Diddle” and then give the plates to the children. Let them go to the table and find a cow that has
the matching number on it. When the children find a matching cow, they glue the cow to the
craft stick, so that the cow is at the top of the stick.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock Clock Jump
Instruct the children to jump each time you clap your hands as you recite the rhyme. Clap your
hands the number you say in each verse of the rhyme, after you say the number. Count as you
clap and as the children jump. Repeat the rhyme changing the words for number two and three.
Humpty Dumpty Jump
Hang a poster board figure of Humpty Dumpty sitting on a brick wall on a wall about three feet
above the floor. Instruct the children to jump as high as they can next to the Humpty Dumpty.
See if they can jump as high, or higher, than Humpty.
Professional Resources
Babies in the Library! by Jane Marino.
Bahamas Pajamas by Joe Scruggs.
Books to Share
On Your Mark…Get Set…Read!
Field Day by Melanie Davis Jones.
Hare and Tortoise Race to the Moon by Oliver Corwin.
Loudmouth George and the Big Race by Nancy Carlson.
Ready, Get Set, Go! by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
Books to Show or Booktalk
Field Day Friday by Judith Caseley.
The Marathon Rabbit by Michael Eagle.
That’s Not Fair, Hare! by Julie Sykes.
Turtles Race with Beaver by Joseph Bruchac.