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Nursery Games for Girls

Children love to sing and rhyme, and then come home and share what they've learned with their parents. If the learning involves games, they'll be even more pleased if their parents spend some time to play games with them. Rhymes help children play with language and develop memory. Therefore, some of the best nursery games for girls involve nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes are timeless and span generations, and you can use them to bond with the little girls in your care. These games then allow the girls to bond with their parents at home.

A Tisket, A Tasket
- Handkerchiefs like the ones little girls wear on their heads to nursery school will serve as a prop for "A Tisket, A Tasket."
  
  The nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket" is the theme for a game that resembles Duck, Duck Goose without the ducking. Girls sit in a circle and one is chosen to carry a basket and a scarf or handkerchief. The girl slowly walks around the circle reciting the rhyme. At the end of the rhyme, the girl drops the scarf behind the sitting child, who jumps up, chases the girl who dropped the scarf, and tries to tag her before she sits in the second child's spot. Then the game begins again and repeats until every girl has had a turn.
Round the Mulberry Bush
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a game for girls in nursery school to learn daily living actives, rhymes, and taking turns. During the second verse of the nursery rhyme, the girls make tea-sipping motions with their hands. The game continues until each child has created a new verse and motion. This game typically elicits laughter or giggles from the girls and encourages them to have fun.
Queen of Hearts' Tarts
- Before deciding to play Pass the Queen of Hearts' Tarts with the little girls at nursery school, have some tarts. If you're not a fan of tarts, then cookies, chocolates, animal crackers, or the like will also do. Play a song, preferably one that is used often in the nursery school classes, and have the girls sit in a circle. Put four tarts (or treats) on a plate and have the girls pass the plate. The girl holding the plate when the music stops may have a tart. See the Little Kids Games Online Web site for the actual Queen of Hearts nursery rhyme. If every child does not receive a treat, load the plate again and play another round.
Mother Goose Memory
- One idea for a nursery games for girls is a Mother Goose memory game. Find pictures of girl-oriented Mother Goose characters such as Curly Locks, Jill from Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, Little Miss Muffet and, of course, Mother Goose. Print pictures of these characters from Web sites or have nursery students draw their versions. Draw each character in pairs. Lay the pictures face-down on a table and have the girls stand around the board. Allow the first girl to flip two pictures. If they match, she gets to keep the pair and earns a point. If they do not match, she returns them face-down to the table. The key to Mother Goose Memory Match is to remember where wrong matches are hidden.

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