Children's Songs
Many poems for kids from long ago have hidden stories behind them. Changing ever so slightly throughout the years, some of the origins of these pieces may surprise you. Jack Be Nimble, is one of many popular nursery rhymes with a tale to tell. The most common theory, is that the poem was originally a …
Teaching toddlers can be very difficult if one does not know the manner in which they should carry it out. The use of songs can attract the attention of toddlers and produce learners who are better able to grasp patterns in language and preschool topics and concepts. Using song videos can be a good way …
Some of our best memories from our early childhoods are with nursery rhymes – tales that shape our language and imaginations in our earliest years. One nursery tale that has really stuck around over the past decades is Mary Mary Quite Contrary. The lyrics, with their very simple sounds, make up one of the very …
Buckle My Shoe is an English language nursery rhyme. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe was first published in 1805 in London. This particular historical piece of writing is a counting-out rhyme. Counting out rhymes can feature nonsense word patterns that rhyme with numbers. These patterns catch the attention of children by the way they sound, …
Like many of today’s most popular nursery rhymes, the rhyme Brother John is actually quite old. It’s also technically a translation. The original nursery rhyme was French and is known the world over as Frère Jacques. Though Frère Jacques has been translated into several languages, many non-French speaking children still have the original words memorized. …
Humpty Dumpty is a classic English nursery rhyme, written around the early 1800s in England. However, before that time, throughout the English Civil War (1642-1651), there was a very large cannon named Humpty Dumpty. Yes, there is a theory that Humpty was initially named after a piece of heavy-artillery during a war between the Royalists, …
Mother Goose is known in many fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Many people do not know exactly where this mythical mother originated. Here is a brief history of the creation of Mother Goose. Mother Goose is said to be modeled after a noblewomen from the 8th Century. Her name was Bertrada II of Loan. She …
Young children are like sponges, especially during their early development years. With this being said, they learn just about anything that they can learn and they take in lots of information every day. This even starts in the womb! Babies begin to hear language even before they’re born. Interaction during their younger years is vitally …
As children, many of us learned the rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep and, as adults, recite it to our children. So, where exactly did this nursery rhyme originate from, and what does it really mean? Origins The rhyme which asks “Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?” has its origins in England, probably to …
As children, we have been reciting the same poems and singing the same songs for centuries. Credit is often given to the fictional Mother Goose, but originally, these tales were a way to pass on oral traditions in a time when passing stories generation to generation was done more commonly by mouth than it was …