Hey Diddle Diddle Pop-Up Sequencing Card -

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Hey, Diddle Diddle the Cat and the Fiddle is one of my daughter’s favorite nursery rhymes. It’s not just cute, but also pretty funny and we love to laugh along with the dog as he watches the antics taking place in this silly rhyme.

My daughter is learning to read this year. So, I’ve been putting together activities and printables for her related to phonics, rhyming, syllables, and word families.

And, this series of story sequencing cards featuring nursery rhymes is providing some literacy fun as we recite the rhymes and play with nursery rhyme sequencing and retelling. Of course, adding a fun pop-up card element to it makes it even more enjoyable.

Why Teach Story Sequencing?

Story sequencing is when children identify the parts of a story, the beginning, middle, and end. It is also the retelling of events in order of how they happen, first, last, etc.

Sequencing works on skills like:

Reading Comprehension – Story sequencing helps children to understand what they read. So, this activity is a perfect way to practice this skill even before they are reading on their own.

Learning Ordinal Numbers – Ordering the rhyme cards in this activity from first, second, third, etc. is an easy way to learn ordinal numbers.

Attention to Detail – Your child will have to pay close attention to the rhyme to know how to place the story images on their card.

Problem-Solving – Puzzling over the order of the story cards provides problem-solving practice.

Hey Diddle Diddle Sequencing

To start the activity, cut out the story pieces and have your child place them in the correct order.

The rhyme goes like this:

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

Pop-Up Nursery Rhyme Sequencing Card Assembly

1. Print out the story card and pieces (this is the printer I use).

I print on cardstock to make the card study enough to sit on the table.

2. Fold the story card in half on the dotted line. Making sure that the writing is on the outside.

3. Cut along each set of solid black lines in the middle of the card.

4. Fold the card back the opposite way, so the writing is now on the inside.

5. Open the card back up and pop out the cut portions.

6. Cut out and attach story sequencing pictures to the bottom half of the popped out portion using tape or a glue stick.

If you choose to use a glue stick make sure to put glue on just the pop-out sections and just the bottom half of the pop-out sections, not the card itself. Otherwise, the extra glue on the cards may cause it to not open and close properly.