Humpty Dumpty sequencing activity for preschool

What happened to Humpty Dumpty?

Prep · About 5 minutes   Play · About 10 minutes

Gather · A felt Humpty and wall or two paper sketches, plus a few blocks for a pretend wall.

1. Build the wall. Set Humpty on top of a short block wall or a paper wall. Say the opening line together.
2. Act out the fall. Move Humpty down as you say the next line. Pause and ask what happened after the fall.
3. Retell in order. Use three simple pictures or gestures for sitting, falling, and trying to help. Mix them up and let your child put them back in rhyme order.

Try saying · “What happened right before Humpty fell?”

Make it easier · Use just two pictures, sitting and falling, and say them together.

Keep it going · Make up a new ending and tell which part of the rhyme you changed.

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