Nursery Rhymes help children develop: reading skills.

Nursery Rhymes help children develop: reading skills. When we point to the words as we read them, children learn that reading goes from left to right.  They learn that letters make words, words make sentences and sentences makes stories. As children memorize these stories through repetition, they begin to understand that story sequencing is important; what happens first, second… and finally last, matters. | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes for May.

My Mother is a Baker

My mother is a baker, a baker, a baker.
My mother is a baker.
She always goes like this, “Yum! Yum!”

My father is a trashman, a trashman, a trashman.
My father is a trash man.
He always goes like this, “Pee Yew.”

My sister is a singer… …”La ta de da, and a toodley doo.”
My brother is a cowboy… …”Yee haw!”
My doggie is a licker… …”Slurp, slurp.”
My kitty is a scratcher… …”Hssss.”
My baby is a whiner… …”Waaaa.”
My grandpa is an engineer… …”Toot, toot.”

Pop Goes the Weasel

Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle.
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.
Up and down the City road,
In and out the Eagle,
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.

Other lyrics

A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle.
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses
and all the King’s men
couldn’t put Humpty together again!

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

1, 2, Buckle my shoe. 3, 4 Shut the door. 5, 6 Pick up sticks. 7, 8 Lay them straight. 9, 10 A big fat hen!

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The repetition of Nursery Rhymes helps your child develop language skills. When preschoolers listen to nursery rhymes, they begin to learn how vowel and consonant sounds go together to make words and how words go together to make sentences. When they begin reciting the rhymes/poems they’ll copy the readers volume, pitch, inflection and mannerisms. Nursery Rhymes introduce children to new words like fleece in Mary Had a Little Lamb below. Most rhymes are short, easy and fun to memorize. Don’t be surprised if some of your child’s first sentences come from Nursery Rhymes. | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes for April.

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The Man in the Moon

The man in the moon
Looked out of the moon,
Looked out of the moon and said,
“It’s time for all the children on earth,
To think about getting to bed!”

Pattycake, Pattycake, Baker’s Man

Pattycake, pattycake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it and pat it and mark it with a B
And put it in the oven for Baby and me

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,
which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play,
to see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out,
but still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
till Mary did appear.

“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
the eager children cry;
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know”,
the teacher did reply.

Ring Around The Rosy

Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
Ashes, Ashes
We all fall down

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The repetition of Nursery Rhymes helps children develop: language skills, reading skills, math concepts, memory skills, creativity, dramatic skills and more.  Perhaps most importantly, Nursery  Rhymes connect generations with the commonality of rhymes that have been recited for 100s sometimes even 1000s of years. They create a sense of comfort and familiarity. To top it all off they’re fun to read, sing, act out and memorize. If you don’t already know the words/lyrics here they are:

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Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For they were still all fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they’d left their tails behind them.

It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails, side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.

She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
That each tail be properly placed.

Jack & Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
He went to bed to mend his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.

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Jack be Nimble, Playmate, Come out and Play with me,  London Bridge, Miss Mary Mack Nursery, Words & Lyrics for preschool rhymes.

Jumping, climbing, playing, and even falling are great ways for children to develop gross motor skills. Gross motor skills help childrens’ bodies grow and strengthen. They help the heart, the bones and the muscles. They even help develop  self esteem, spacial concepts, verbal skills and more. These nursery rhymes, when acted out encourage exercise and gross motor development. We’ll be acting them out at school. You should do it at home to. It’s fun!

Jack be Nimble

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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, Rain Rain Go Away, I’ve Been Working on the Railroad, Baa Baa Black Sheep – Words & Lyrics

Nursery Rhymes can help children learn to deal with emotions like loneliness and  sadness. If a child is sad and misses a loved one, she can recite or sing a rhyme that they did together. If a child is feeling scared or frustrated he can recite a rhyme that makes him feel in control like Rain Rain Go Away. Or if a child is just in a silly mood she can let the world know it by singing fee, fie, fiddly-i-o, Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o-o-o-o, Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o… | Have fun and create memories with these rhymes for January.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

It’s raining; it’s pouring. The old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head, And he wouldn’t get up in the morning.

Rain Rain Go Away

Rain, rain, [Move your fingers down like falling rain.]
go away. [Push your hands out, as if you were pushing the rain away.]
Come again another day. [Make a “come here” motion with your hands.]
DADDY wants to play. [Hold up your hand showing all five fingers and point to your thumb.]
Rain, rain, go away. [Move your fingers down and then push away the rain.]

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. MOMMY wants to play.

[Hold up your hand showing all five fingers and point to your index finger.]
Rain, rain, go away.  Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.
BROTHER wants to play. [Hold up your hand showing all five fingers and point to your middle finger.] Rain, rain, go away.

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. SISTER wants to play. [Hold up your hand showing all five fingers and point to your ring finger.] Rain, rain, go away.

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. BABY wants to play. [Hold up your hand showing all five fingers and point to your pinky finger.] Rain, rain, go away.

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. ALL THE FAMILY wants to play. [Hold up your hand and wiggle all five fingers.] Rain, rain, go away.

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

I’ve been working on the railroad All the livelong day. I’ve been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away.  Can’t you hear the whistle blowing, Rise up so early in the morn; Can’t you hear the captain shouting, “Dinah, blow your horn!”

Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow your horn? Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow your horn?

Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah. Someone’s in the kitchen I know.  Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah. Strummin’ on the old banjo! Singin’ fee, fie, fiddly-i-o. Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o-o-o-o. Fee, fie, fiddly-i-o Strummin’ on the old banjo.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

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Nursery Rhymes Words & Lyrics for: Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, Where is Thumbkin, Teddy Bear Teddy Bear, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Three Little Kittens

Nursery Rhymes and finger plays provide building blocks for creative dramatics & imagination for your child. Children love to creatively act out the rhymes using their imagination and cues from adults.  When children are encouraged by parents & teachers to be creative & imaginative without criticism they become confident in their expressions and feel good about themselves.   | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes & finger plays for December. Have fun acting them out with your child.

Eeny Meeny Miny Moe

Where is Thumbkin

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Three Little Kittens

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Nursery Rhymes Words & Lyrics for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

Old Mother Hubbard | Go in & out the Window | To Market To Market |It’s Hanukkah

Nursery Rhymes help children develop: reading skills. When we point to the words as we read them, children learn that reading goes from left to right.  They learn that letters make words, words make sentences and sentences makes stories. As children memorize these stories through repetition, they begin to understand that story sequencing is important; what happens first, second… and finally last, matters. | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes for November.

Old Mother Hubbard

Go in & out the Window

To Market To Market

It’s Hanukkah

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Nursery Rhymes Words/Lyrics for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

A Crooked Man | Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater | Muffin Man | Five Little Pumpkins

The repetition of Nursery Rhymes helps your child develop language skills. When preschoolers listen to nursery rhymes, they begin to learn how vowel and consonant sounds go together to make words and how words go together to make sentences. When they begin reciting the rhymes/poems they’ll copy the readers volume, pitch, inflection and mannerisms. Nursery Rhymes introduce children to new words like sixpense in A Crooked Man below. Most rhymes are short, easy and fun to memorize. Don’t be surprised if some of your child’s first sentences come from Nursery Rhymes. | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes for October.

A Crooked Man

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

Muffin Man

Five Little Pumpkins

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Nursery Rhymes for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

School Days | An Apple a Day | Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush | I’m a Little Tea Pot | Hey Diddle Diddle | Hickory, Dickory, Dock

The repetition of Nursery Rhymes helps children develop: language skills, reading skills, math concepts, memory skills, creativity, dramatic skills and more.  Perhaps most importantly, Nursery  Rhymes connect generations with the commonality of rhymes that have been recited for 100s sometimes even 1000s of years. They create a sense of comfort and familiarity. To top it all off they’re fun to read, sing, act out and memorize. If you don’t already know the words/lyrics here they are:

School Days

An Apple a Day

Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush

I’m a Little Tea Pot

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

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