Children's Songs
Introduction Many of us are first exposed to This Little Piggy as toddlers. As young children we used to giggle and shriek with pleasure as our parents and other caretakers would sing the nursery rhyme to us. Our younger selves were learning so much each time we participated in the game. We continued to develop …
Many nursery rhymes are wonderful when they become an interactive memory game! You will love watching your little one’s sing and dance to this enthusiastic melody. Just the first sentence alone will fill your child with giggles. Down by the Bay Where the Watermelons Grow is a classic nursery rhyme with growing popularity. WHAT IS …
It’s raining it’s pouring the old man is snoring. He bumped his head when he went to bed and he couldn’t get up in the morning. We sing this gaily to our little ones when it’s raining, and it certainly is a bright little tune. Like a lot of nursery songs, we sing it without …
Wee Willie Winkie has a history and meaning that might surprise you. It is a really interesting Scottish nursery rhyme that you can learn from your kids at school, or you can teach it to them before they run off to get educated. You have to be sure that you have figured out how you …
Finger Family nursery rhymes are great because they come in so many different ways to teach your kids about a lot of different family structures and traditions. The words are very malleable because you can adjust them to fit the situation, and you will have a nice time if you teach a preschool, have your …
Rhymes are fantastic when you are trying to teach kids lessons in literacy and phonemic awareness. It is easy for people to learn when they are given something basic that is easy to follow, and that is why the rhymes and their accompanying resources can be so special. The ABC Song The ABC Song is …
Rhyming is a very big part of an education for kids, and they need to be sure that they have figured out how rhyming works when they are learning about nursery rhymes inside and outside of school. You will discover that a lot of kids who are in school will be able to make their …
As I Was going to St Ives is a riddle that has become a nursery rhyme. You have two big components in this riddle because you have the rhyming scheme that is used to describe how it works, and you will see that it is really old. This rhyme was written in the mid 1700s, …
Kids who are learning to read and write will learn about a lot of different rhymes if they are listening to a rhyme scheme like Jack Sprat. There are many people who want their kids to build up some phonemic awareness, and they will have a lot of extra resources just to learn little things, …
Camptown Races was written by Stephen Foster who is often considered the father of the American song. He wrote the song in the 1850s, and it was published not long after with a little guitar accompaniment. There are a lot of people who are trying to learn more about songs and composition in general, and …