Children's Songs
A Cat Came Fiddling Out Of A Barn is one of those rhymes that we do not know the exact history of the rhyme. You can teach it to the kids, and they might learn it in preschool. You will start to have more fun with this rhyme when you realize that it is a …
Mary Had a Little Lamb is one of the easiest songs to learn on any instrument, and it is also a very popular nursery rhyme that was written in 1830. It could be about an actual event, which would be very interesting because that means that she took her lamb to school and that is …
If you are a parent, teacher, or not- you have heard fun and educational rhymes. They are powerful words or lyrics that help children develop and improve in spelling, literacy, and reading. Rhyming words help with children’s cognitive skills, build memory, reading comprehension, and help the verses that children repeat, helping with memorization. HOLIDAY RHYMES …
Origins The story of The Three Little Pigs is said to have been printed at around 1840, but the story itself is believed to be much older than that. The story has been retold many times since it was created with little changes or modifications throughout history to better fit any one person’s telling of …
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 …
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 …
Baa Baa Black Sheep is a really interesting nursery rhyme that you can teach to your kid at any time, and they often learn it in school because the school wants them to be familiar with how all these different rhymes were put together. These very same kids are really interested in learning about what …
Background Mary Had a Little Lamb is an American nursery rhyme first published in 1830. It was published in Mrs Sarah J. Hale’s Poems for Our Children where she added the last several stanzas. The person credited with the start of the nursery rhyme is one John Roulstone. He is credited as having witnessed the …
Nursery rhymes are something that we all love, and often remember for our entire lives. While often fun stories and songs, they can be used teach a child the English language and grammatical tools that will help them to become better readers and writers when they grow up. However, many of the songs and rhymes …
A Sailor Went To Sea is a nursery rhyme and jump rope game that you may have heard on the VeggieTales when they parodied the song. You might not have known it before, but it is one that started out like My Father Went To Sea. This is a great song to learn because it …