This nursery rhyme is an all time favorite, and many parents sing this song to their babies. This song is one of the first songs babies and children hear, it is such a sweet nursery rhyme and is considered as a lullaby. Parents use this song as a bedtime song for babies and children alike. All over schools and all over homes around the world, twinkle, twinkle little star is a favorite.
Lyrics and Song of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Many people do not know this, but the rhyme twinkle, twinkle little star has five stanzas to it. Many people only know the first stanza and it is the most commonly used stanza for the song. The last verses of the song are basically explaining, how the star at night, shines so bright, that it leads the way for travelers to see. Without the shining star at night that brings a little light to the dark, travelers would get lost. The star is also associated with the heavens, and how God turns on the lights at night, the stars being the lights. The tune and tone in the song twinkle, twinkle little star, have the same exact tune and tone for the alphabet song, and also Baa Baa Black sheep. All three are nursery rhymes, and all three with the same tone, have an easy flow for young children to sing.
Origin of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Jane Taylor wrote the lyrics to “The Star,” in the nineteenth century. This nursery rhyme was written as a poem, and was first published in the year 1806. This is a historical song, and people all around the world sing it in their own languages. The twinkle twinkle little star lyrics have no historical facts about people or events. Some nursery rhymes have meaning behind their songs about history, this is not one of them. Twinkle, twinkle little star is simply about the beauty of the star and how it shines bright at night for the world to see. Some people interpret the part where it goes, “like a diamond in the sky,” to be a young childs mind and how they use their imagination. This song is a part of history and is still around as an all time favorite.
For a Childs development
Children can learn different skills just by learning this song, it is sweet and easy to repeat. The song can teach language skills and make a young child happy, the tone of the song is soft and soothing, and it can be sung to put an infant to sleep. This song has a lot of history and that makes it even more powerful. Twinkle, twinkle little star can help a mind grow and be more imaginative, by thinking about the lyrics and meanings, a child can interpret the star however they want to, using their own imaginations.