Mary Had a Little Lamb Picture Sequencing Activity

This Mary Had a Little Lamb picture sequencing activity is perfect for your nursery rhymes activities for preschool! Get yours today!

You can add this preschool sequencing activity to your upcoming nursery rhyme lessons. Based on the elements of this nursery rhyme, you can add this activity to your sheep, farm, and back to school units.

Add these free preschool printables to your preschool and kindergarten literacy centers for a fun story sequencing activity for preschoolers.

Mary Had a Little Lamb Picture Sequencing

Sequencing activitiesare important in early childhood. These types of activities help preschoolers learn to make order of the things they encounter in their everyday lives.

Sequencing is also an important skill to build as children prepare to learn to read. When they can put story parts in order, they demonstrate comprehension and logical progression.

One easy place to start story sequencing is with nursery rhymes. And, Little Bo Peep is a fun one to use throughout the year. It’s perfect in spring when you’re talking about sheep or farm animals. You can use it in the fall as you prepare your back to school lessons, too.

This low-prep preschool activity is ready for you to print and go! Print the pages, cut them out, and sequence the rhyme. It’s as easy as that!

To start, read Mary Had a Little Lamb to your preschooler. Then, have them recite the rhyme with you.

Once your children are familiar with the rhythm and rhyme, have them assemble the sequencing activity. They’ll glue the flap book to the bottom of the background page and cut the flaps.

Then, as you recite the rhyme together one more time, they’ll glue the sequencing cards under the appropriate flap.

Finally, have them retell the rhyme using the sequencing cards they just glued down. That’s it! They’re all done!

Your preschoolers will love reciting the Mary Had a Little Lamb nursery rhyme over and over again as they lift the flaps on their sequencing book.

Nursery Rhyme Books

Fill your book basket with a great collection of nursery rhyme books. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.

My First Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes – The classic rhymes of Mother Goose and the beautiful illustrations of Lisa McCue collide in this delightful padded board book!

My Awesome Nursery Rhymes Book – Bright picture book with nursery rhymes and awesome shaped pages! Packed with popular nursery rhymes you and your child will know and love. Each spread is shaped around a rhyme’s characters and tells their story with gorgeous illustrations.

Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever – Richard Scarry introduces toddlers to the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose! Featuring his unmistakable art (now restored to its original glory) and fifty of Mother Goose’s most beloved rhymes.

Download Your Printables

Get your Mary Had a Little Lamb sequencing activity in the shop here.

This printable activity includes an instruction page, a background page with the rhyme printed on it, a flip book template to glue on the background page, and a set of sequencing cards to cut and paste into the flip book.

With this simple activity, kids will work on sequencing, scissor practice, ordinal numbers, number recognition, and more!