This One, Two, Buckle My Shoe printable has 11 pages of fun and engaging ways to teach young children about the classic nursery rhyme. This free resource is a great way to increase phonemic awareness, improve language skills, and encourage independent work. You can’t go wrong with adding this into your classroom’s lesson plans!
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The one, two, buckle my shoe printable includes 11 pages of fun worksheets:
An Engaging Print of the Song Lyrics
This full page printable is perfect for a bulletin board display or as handouts to send home with the student.
It has large, clear wording to make it easy for reading comprehension, and has fun pictures to go along with the rhyme.
Hang this page up and frequently recite the shoe rhyme to help the student remember it quickly – before long they will be singing and dancing right along with you! This counting song encourages the student to remember numbers along with rhyming pairs.
Encourage the student to take their copy home and hang up so they can practice the poem regularly.
Complete the Rhyme Pages
This worksheet set includes two pages of practice exercises to complete the last word in each sentence of the poem. One page has the last word in dotted tracing lines, and the other page has the last word blank for the student to fill in.
Feel free to use whichever page works best for your group of students!
Match the Numbers to the Correct Picture Worksheet
This page in the printable pack instructs the student to draw a line matching the numbers to whichever picture it belongs to in the nursery rhyme. (1, 2 to image of a shoe, 3, 4 to image of a door, and so forth 🙂 )
Hen in the Chicken Coop Coloring Page
The printable pack includes a special coloring page for the student to enjoy. It includes a fun drawing of the famous big fat hen and her chicken coop.
This is a great activity to complete the nursery rhymes unit by encouraging thoughtful discussion of the poem. Talk through the different aspects of the song lyrics, what the child liked most about it, what words rhyme, etc. while the student works on coloring in the page.
Matching Game
Pages 6-8 include cards to cut out and play a matching game with your students. After reading through the poem a few times, give them these cards to independently match the correct numbers to pictures.
This is a great time to discuss the rhyming words in the poem while having a visual example in front of them.
Cards for Popsicle Stick Activity
This fun activity is located on pages 9-11 in the worksheet packet. There are 5 large cards to cut out with the pictures from the song on each one. I recommend doing this activity right after reading the poem for the first time and before singing it together as a class.
Have your students cut these out and glue each one to a popsicle stick. Then sing the song again and have students hold up the correct pictures for each part of the song.
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What age is the one two buckle my shoe printable ideal for?
While this worksheet set is great for preschool and kindergarten students, it can also be a fun way for older children to learn about this classic counting rhyme.
This printable pack is great for several different settings:
- Classroom
- Daycare
- Tutoring Session
- Homeschooling
- Road trips (to entertain, keep busy, and open thoughtful discussions!)
- Waiting rooms – doctor visits, eye and dental appointments, etc.
- Include in busy bag for church
- Rainy day activity at home
- Before supper activity (when everyone is hungry and you need a distraction while the food finishes cooking. Personal experience on that one! 🙂 )
There are endless opportunities to include this in your educational journey with your child.
What materials are needed for this printable packet?
There are hardly any special materials needed for this set! Once you print out the packet, all the child needs is a pencil to complete the poem sentences, crayons for the coloring sheet, and popsicles for the cut out pictures.
If you have access to a laminator, I recommend laminating the poster with the poem on it so it will last a long time in your classroom/home. But totally not necessary if you don’t have one.
This nursery rhyme teaches skills that include:
- Memorizing numbers through repetition and fun rhymes
- Learn phonemic awareness through rhyming pairs and words that children can directly relate to in their everyday life
- Advancing language development
- Reading comprehension
- Connect actions with the song lyrics
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How to incorporate the one, two, buckle my shoe printable into your lesson plan.
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Read below to find out the easiest and best ways to use this rhyme with your classroom. Below are talking points to discuss with your class, videos to sing/follow along to, and special activities that go great with this poem.
The history of the One, Two Buckle My Shoe nursery rhyme
This nursery rhyme has been around since at least 1805, when Walter Crane put it in print form for the first time. (But researchers suspect that it is much older!). A similar rhyme can also be found in several other languages such as Italian, German, and Turkish. (source) There are several different versions of this song, and at one time it is believed that it went up to 30. (source) One of the special things about this nursery rhyme is that it has no historical references. It is simply a counting rhyme to help young children learn their numbers, while describing everyday work in the 18th century.
Other versions can include:
3, 4 knock at the door (or open the door)
9, 10 begin again (or a good fat hen)
Videos for the One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Nursery Rhyme
(One, Two, Buckle My Shoe song starts at 40:21)
Recommended Children Books for One, Two Buckle My Shoe
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe – A Little Golden Book
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Russell Punter (Osborne Books)
Activities to do while learning about the nursery rhyme:
Make sure to try out the activities located in the packet such as the matching game and popsicle stick activity, and also try these fun things out too:
- Show students how to clap in rhythm along to the song lyrics
- Use a snack as a game to count up to 10 while singing the song (fruit loops, fruit snacks, or goldfish are all great options!)
- Teach the sign language signs for each word at the end of the sentence. These are really easy to find with a quick Google search and great skills for young children to learn.
Other nursery rhyme books we love:
- The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
- Beatrix Potter’s Nursery Rhyme Book
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Final Thoughts
This one, two, buckle my shoe printable is a great way to help children learn to count to ten! The downloadable free packet has several different activities to incorporate into your classroom/home, and it takes very little materials.
There are multiple ways to enjoy this rhyming song such as singing/clapping, using sign language, and acting out parts of the poem.
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Until next time, Kara.
