Hey Diddle Diddle

Create simple puppets with your child and retell the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme.

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By Becca Ross

Kindergarten & First Grade Teacher

Becca is a schoolteacher and blogs at homeiswheremystorybegins.com. She loves to cook, bake, garden, sew, quilt, teach and simply spend time with her family. She strives to find art in everyday things.

Retelling familiar nursery rhymes creates an excellent language and literacy experience for kids. Create these simple puppets with your child and retell the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme. For a fun twist, create an adaptation of this familiar rhyme and let kids make up their own version of the story.

Hey Diddle Diddle

The Cat and the fiddle

The Cow jumped over the moon.

The little Dog laughed

To see such sport

And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.

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