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Singing Song with Children

Singing Song with Children

The nursery rhymes that you grew up listening to likely have themes that have taught you a lot. Many people may have a hard time learning a language or how to read, but musical cues is something completely different. The language could change and have a melody that is perfectly the same. Depending on who …

Jumping on the Bed at Night

Jumping on the Bed at Night

Written and illustrated in 1989 by Eileen Christelow of Washington D.C, Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed was published and became one of the most popular nursery rhymes of our time. Christelow, at the time had a fourteen month old daughter and had an interest in photography. But there was one problem. There was …

Different Types of Farm Animals

Different Types of Farm Animals

Behind the Song Every parent knows the famous tune, “Pop Goes the Weasel.” We’ve all danced and sung along to it as kids, and perhaps with your own kids. But what’s behind that childhood rhyme? Where did it originate? It is presumed that the song originated in Britain, back in the 1850’s. Townspeople would dance …

Drawing Farm Animals

Drawing Farm Animals

There Are Many Different Nursery Rhymes To Help Your Child Learn When you’re a parent and it’s time for you to start getting your child to learn all of the different things that you want your child to know so that they’ll be more prepared in life as they continue to grow up there are …

How Animal Sound Songs Help Young Children

How Animal Sound Songs Help Young Children

Why are Nursery Rhymes with animal sounds and other rhymes important? Nursery rhymes began to be recorded in the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in England, with the first collection appearing in 1744. From Baa Baa Black Sheep to Old MacDonald Had a Farm (the U.S.A., 1930), animal sounds have been incorporated into nursery rhymes …

Playing Tag in the Playground

Playing Tag in the Playground

Why Playing Tag in the Playground is Beneficial for Kids Playing tag on the playground is a typical game for school-age children. A game of tag consists of children forming a group with one child chosen as “it”. The child is chosen to be “it” by using the nursery rhyme Eenie meenie miny moe. The …

Riding your Bike to the Park

Riding your Bike to the Park

Riding a bike is a fun activity that is family friendly. People everywhere want to ride their bike to a popular place in the city. Riding your bike to the park is a great goal for anyone to set. Parents can take their kids to the park and listen to pop goes the weasel lyrics …

Arts and Crafts in the Classroom

Arts and Crafts in the Classroom

Why are nursery rhymes so influential? Singing and reading nursery rhymes to babies and children are very important. They effect several aspects in learning for them, and it is never too early to start developing a strong relationship between yourself, your child, and nursery rhyme books. It is proven a baby is able to hear …