Children's Songs
Take Me out to the Ball Game is meant to entertain fans during baseball events. It’s a long-standing tradition for fans, especially kids, to sing along. During baseball games, artists are often invited to open and close with a rendition. Jack Norworth was a famous musician who wrote a rendition in 1934. The song was first …
Everyone has some memory of their parent or grandparent singing This Little Piggy on their toes as young children, pointing to each toe and referring to it as different little piggy. One goes to market, one has roast beef and another screams “wee” all the way home. Not only is This Little Piggy one of …
Row Row Row Your Boat Gently down the stream Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream This rhyme, Row Row Row Your Boat, is one of the most popular baby songs and nursery rhymes. It is often sung as a “round,” where at least three voices sing the same melody in unison, but …
In the formative years of a child’s life, rhyming words and verses of a song or poem is what helps them to learn. They love the singing and the interaction. When they are engaged in the song, it enhances motor skills. Learning a rhyming tune or poem is easy for children, and it is something …
Three Little Kittens, among the most well-known nursery rhymes, is thought to have its origins in the British folk tradition. As is typical with literature from the oral tradition, there are several versions of the poem, but the most well-known is the version is attributed to American poet, Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, published in 1833 …
The Wheels on the Bus has been a popular tune in the Untied States and the United Kingdom since sometime in the 20th century, around 1939. While the original writer of this thought to be Verna Hills, several variations exist on albums full of baby songs and nursery rhymes. Since it is sung top the …
The ABC song is one of those children’s songs that everyone knows, and you have taught it to your kids probably without even knowing what it was. You have to be pretty sure that you are going to be teaching them the right things about the song, and you can learn where the ABC song …
“Here is the church, and here is the steeple, open the door and see all the people. Here is the parson going upstairs, and here he is saying his prayers.” I’m sure many of us remember saying this nursery rhyme as a child, but not many know where it came from or its true meaning. …
This is a traditional English folk song that has been around for a long time, and it has even been mentioned by Charles Dickens before. Someone who is hoping to learn more about the nursery rhymes of old should remember that this one is a simple rhyme that is really about tea, but Polly Put The …
Peter Piper is famous in his nursery rhyme for picking pickled peppers. Pierre Poivre, who many suggest the rhyme began with, is famous for introducing spice plants, like cloves, nutmeg, or peppers, to the Seychelles. He lived from 1719-1786, suggesting that the rhyme was first recited during that time. In addition to being a horticulturalist …