BINGO Nursery Rhyme Busy Book

Welcome to the wonderful world of nursery rhymes!

The BINGO Busy Book has been thoughtfully designed to help children learn through singing, storytelling, imaginative play and hands-on exploration. Every page encourages meaningful interaction while developing fine motor skills, language, early literacy, problem solving and creativity.

Rather than rushing through the pages, allow your child to explore at their own pace. Sing together, ask questions, invent stories and celebrate every little achievement.

Front Cover – BINGO

Start by singing B-I-N-G-O together.

• Play peekaboo by covering and uncovering Bingo's face with his removable ears.
• Remove the letter pieces from the back pocket and place them in order to spell BINGO.
• As you sing the rhyme, replace one letter with a clap each verse, just like the traditional song.
• Talk about letters, sounds and spelling.

Skills developed: Early literacy, memory, sequencing, fine motor skills and language.

Name Page & Noughts and Crosses

Help your child write their name on the reusable writing page.

Practice:

• Writing their first name
• Recognising letters
• Tracing over their name
• Writing simple words

Flip the page to discover Noughts and Crosses.

Take turns playing while discussing:

• Whose turn is next?
• How can we make three in a row?
• What happens if nobody wins?

Skills developed: Pre-writing, pencil control, turn taking, strategic thinking and problem solving.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Bring the nursery rhyme to life.

Encourage your child to:

• Make the cow jump over the moon.
• Use the cat and dog finger puppets while singing.
• Place the fiddle, dish and spoon where they belong.
• Retell the story in their own words.
• Create silly new versions of the rhyme.

Ask questions such as:

• Why do you think the cow jumped over the moon?
• What sound does the fiddle make?
• Can the dog laugh?

Skills developed: Storytelling, vocabulary, imagination and sequencing.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Sing together while moving the boat across the page.

Encourage your child to:

• Place the boy and girl into the boat.
• Pretend to row.
• Use the crocodile finger puppet during the song.
• Swap the characters around and invent new adventures.

Try asking:

• Where are they rowing today?
• What animals might they see?
• What happens if the crocodile joins the boat?

Skills developed: Imaginative play, language development and social interaction.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Move the mouse up and down the clock while singing.

Then introduce simple concepts of time:

• Move the clock hands together.
• Practice o'clock times.
• Find numbers on the clock.
• Count around the clock face.

Ask:

• What happens when the clock strikes one?
• Can you point to number six?
• What time do you wake up?

Skills developed: Counting, number recognition, early time concepts and fine motor skills.

I'm a Little Teapot

Sing the rhyme while acting it out.

Encourage your child to:

• Tip the teapot by undoing the snap button.
• Pretend to pour tea into a cup.
• Stir with the spoon.
• Make tea for family, toys or friends.

Role play together by hosting a pretend tea party.

Skills developed: Pretend play, communication, sequencing and fine motor skills.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Use the reversible weather card to explore different weather.

Flip between:
☀️ Sunny
🌧️ Rainy

Sing different nursery rhymes including:

• Rain, Rain, Go Away
• It's Raining, It's Pouring

Practice:

• Tying and untying the curtain ribbons.
• Looking "outside" the window.
• Talking about today's weather.

Ask:

• What clothes would we wear today?
• What can we do when it rains?
• What activities do we enjoy when it's sunny?

Skills developed: Practical life skills, weather awareness, hand strength and language.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Catch the colourful fish two different ways.

Your child can:

• Thread fish onto the fishing line.
• Catch them with the magnetic fishing rod.
• Match pairs by colour.
• Count from 1–10.
• Sort fish into groups.
• Create simple addition and subtraction games.

Ask:

• Can you catch the blue fish?
• How many fish are left?
• Which colour has the most?

Skills developed: Counting, colour recognition, matching, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Wheels on the Bus

Open and close the bus door while singing together.

Use the prompt card to act out each verse:

• Wheels go round and round
• Wipers swish swish swish
• Baby goes wah wah wah
• Horn goes beep beep beep
• Mummies say shh shh shh
• Driver says move on back

Extend play by placing the removable boy and girl from the Row, Row, Row Your Boat page onto the bus as passengers.

Ask:

• Where is the bus going?
• Who else is riding today?
• What happens next?

Skills developed: Imagination, sequencing, social play and language development.

Extend the Learning

The BINGO Busy Book can be enjoyed in many different ways.

Try:

• Singing every nursery rhyme from beginning to end.
• Acting out the stories.
• Encouraging your child to retell each rhyme independently.
• Matching colours, counting objects and identifying shapes.
• Asking open-ended questions to build conversation.
• Creating your own nursery rhymes together.
• Playing alongside siblings or friends to encourage sharing and turn taking.

Parent Tip

Follow your child's interests rather than aiming to complete every page. Repetition is one of the most powerful ways children learn. Returning to favourite pages again and again helps strengthen memory, confidence and new skills.

Most importantly…

🎵 Sing together. Laugh together. Learn together.

That's where the Wondertivity magic happens. 💛