Nursery rhymes stories for kids

Nursery Rhymes, Books, and Felt Stories for kids

Beloved nursery rhymes such as "Jack and Jill," "Little Miss Muffet," "Hickory, Dickory, Dock," and "Baa, Baa, Sheep," have been cherished by children for generations. Their silliness, their rhyme and repetition make them fun for children to listen to and recite. Nursery rhymes are also a great tool to practice phonemic awareness and phonics skills.

Jack and Jill
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got,
and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob,
who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper.

Jack Spratt
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean,
And so between the two of them,
They licked the platter clean.

Little Bo Peep
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them.
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.

Little Jack Horner
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie,
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum,
And said "What a good boy am I!"

Old King Cole
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe in the middle of the night,
And he called for his fiddlers three.

Every fiddler had a fine fiddle,
and a very fine fiddle had he.
Oh there's none so rare as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

The Queen of Hearts
(Traditional Nursery Rhyme)

The Queen of Hearts
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day.

The Knave of Hearts
He stole those tarts,
And took them clean away.

The King of Hearts
Called for the tarts,
And beat the knave full sore.

The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd steal no more.

Nursery Rhymes Books


And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon	Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty's Little Sister	Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose	Hey Diddle Diddle

Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes	Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever	Sylvia Long's Mother Goose	The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock

My Very First Mother Goose	Hickory, Dickory, Dock: And Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Old King Cole

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet
sat on a tuffet,
eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
who sat down beside her,
and frightened Miss Muffet away.

Bow-Wow

"Bow-wow," says the dog.
"Meow-meow," says the cat.
"Grunt-grunt," says the hog,
and "squeak," goes the rat.
"Buzz-buzz", says the bee.
"Tweet-tweet," says the jaya.
"Caw-caw," says the crow.
"Quack-quack," says the duck.
And what the cuckoo says, you know!

Litte Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner
sat in a corner
eating his holiday pie.
He stuck in his thumb
and pulled out a plum
and said, "What a lucky boy am I!"

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme

"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
havy you any wool?"

"Yes sir, yes sir,
three bags full.
One for my master.
One for my dame.
And one for the little girl
who lives down the lane."

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children,
she didn't know what to do.

She gave them some broth
along with some bread,
then hugged them all soundly
and sent them to bed.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue
come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow.
The cow's in the corn.

Where is the young boy
who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack
fast asleep.

Will you wake him?
No, not I,
for if I do,
he is sure to cry.

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Children's Songs Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes

These sections contain more than just the words/lyrics. Each section has free printable coloring pages, craft ideas, puppets, felt board characters, word wall word worksheets, picture crossword puzzles and other activity sheets to go with the songs, rhymes and stories!

[Fairy Tales] [Nursery Rhymes] [Songs] [Videos]

Aesop's Fables (Greek)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Middle East)

Beauty and the Beast (French)
Bremen Town Musicians (German)
Cinderella
Emperor's New Clothes (Danish)
Firebird (Ukranian)
Frog Prince
Gingerbread Man
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Greek Mythology
Hansel and Gretel (German)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Mermaid (Danish)
Little Red Hen
Little Red Ridinghood (French)
Marie and the Orange Fish (African)
Molly Murphy and the Scorched Leprechaun (Irish)
Moon Maiden (Japanese)
Puss in Boots
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin (German)
Seven Voyages of Sinbad (Middle East)
Shakespeare Stories (British)
Sleeping Beauty
Small Abdul and the Caliph's Daughter (Muslim)
Snow White and the Dwarves
Stone Soup
Three Little Pigs
Thumbelina (Danish)
Ugly Duckling (Danish)

A Tisket, A Tasket
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Daffy Down Dilly
Donkey, Donkey Old and Gray
Five Busy Honey Bees
Five Green Shamrocks
Five Little Chickens
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Fishies
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Five Little Owls
Five Little Pumpkins
Five Little Snowflakes
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hickory Dickory Dock
Humpty Dumpty
I Had a Little Nut Tree
I See the Moon
Jack and Jill
Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away Home
Little Bo Peep
Little Boy Blue
Little Jack Horner
Little Miss Muffet
Man in the Moon
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Old King Cole
Old Mother Hubbard
Owl and the Pussycat
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Pussycat, Pussycat where have you been?
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Star Light, Star Bright
This Little Chick
Three Blind Mice
Wise Old Owl

Baby Bumblebee
B-I-N-G-O
Bullfrog Song
Butterfly Song (bible)
Crocodile Song
Farmer in the Dell
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Going on a Lion Hunt
Hand Washing Song
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (Easter)
If You Should Meet an Elephant (four seasons)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jesus Song
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mr. Sun
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Penguin Song
Six Little Ducks
Squirrel Song
Teasing Mr. Crocodile
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Wheels on the Bus

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Children's poems. Poems for children

Collection of children's poems: poems for the holidays, teaching and developing poems, author's and thematic poems for children.

For the smallest
for babies
Pour and Pesti for babies
Cycle toy Agnia Barto
Good poems of Berestov for the smallest
for the smallest
9000 Poems for Dad
Poems for grandmother
Poems for grandfather
Children's classics
AGNIA BARTO
Samuel Marshak
Boris Zakhoder
Irina Tokmakova
9000 Tsvetaeva
Lermontov
Blok
Tyutchev
Nekrasov
Fet
Educational rhymes
tongue twisters
Counters
Pogheshki
MIRILIKA
Animal world
Poems about animals
Patterns about fish
Poems about insects
9000
Poems about winter
Poems about spring
Poems about summer
Poems about autumn
Poems about flowers
Poems about vegetables and fruits
Poems about mushrooms
Poems about the sea
Other authors
Valentin Berestov
Henry Sapgir
Elena Blaginina

Holidays

Poems for St. Valentine's Day
Poems about February 23
Poems for March 8
Poems about Maslenitsa
Poems to Easter
Poems by May 9
Poems by September 1
Poems to the Day of Teacher
Poems on Mother Day
New Year
Poems
New Year verses for the smallest
Poems about Santa Claus
Poems about the Snow Maiden
Poems about snowflakes
Poems about the snowman
Poems about the New Year tree
Poems for Christmas

Train your child's memory!

Not every child can patiently listen to the end of a fairy tale or other prose story. Whereas children's poems do not tire with monotony, the rhyme in them jumps as if over bumps, easily holding the attention of a small listener. It's amazing how quickly children memorize rhymes, it's worth saying a few times, as they already agree on the ending with you. Be sure to use this ability, training memory from childhood, you will greatly simplify your child's schooling. Start with the poems of Agnia Barto in the “Toys” section, look for small quatrains, they are perfectly remembered. Most of them you yourself still remember by heart. So right?

How to learn a poem for the holiday?

In kindergarten and school, your child will often face the need to recite poems in front of the public. It can be a New Year's party or an ordinary lesson, in any case, it is important that he is not afraid of this. But all you need to do is pay a little attention to it.

The poem must be learned in advance and repeated at home as if in between times, without focusing on the importance of the event. For example, you can say: “Remember, you and I learned a great rhyme? Well, tell it to me." Children's poems are usually simple and the child will quickly remember them. You can rehearse by telling a poem to dad or mom, grandfather or grandmother. You need to ask to speak loudly and with expression, but in no case should you lecture or interrupt during the speech. How your peers and you react to the first performance of a small artist is of great importance, so it is better to start with relatives. Having told a few rhymes to familiar people and, having received a benevolent reaction, you will give confidence to the baby. Poems for children at matinees perfectly train public speaking skills.

Poems for babies

Babies develop rapidly, instantly absorbing information about everything that is happening around. Music, fairy tales and poems come to the aid of mothers. All poems in the collection are selected taking into account age characteristics. Their heroes are familiar and familiar toys, baby animals or the same children as a small listener. With such verses for kids it is easy to interest even the biggest fidget.

One of the important tasks of poems for kids is to make life more interesting. After all, it is much more fun to wash your face in the morning when mom tells a rhyme. Yes, and porridge will be tastier, and compote is sweeter. And the rainiest weather will not seem so gloomy if you choose the right words.

Clubfoot bear

Clubfoot bear
Walks through the forest,
(We walk briskly)
Collects cones,
Sings songs.
(Squatting - collecting bumps)
The bump bounced off
Right in the bear's forehead.
(Hold hands on the forehead)
The bear got angry
And with the foot - top!
(Stomp our feet)

Gray bunny

Gray bunny sit
(We sit like a bunny)
And move our ears,
Just like that, like that!
(We move our ears-palms)
Bunny is cold to sit,
Warm up the paws,
Clap-clap, clap-clap.
(Clap your hands)
Bunny is cold to stand,
Bunny needs to jump.
Hop-hop, skip-hop.
(Let's jump like a bunny)

Two funny sheep

Two funny sheep
Played near the river.
Jump-jump, jump-jump!
(Jumping merrily)
White sheep jumping
Early in the morning near the river.
Jump-jump, jump-jump!
Up to the sky, down to the grass.
Up to the sky, down to the grass.
(We get up on our legs, stretch up. We squat, we lower our hands down)
And then we circled
(We spin)
And fell into the river.
(Falling)

A horned goat is walking

A horned goat is walking
(Putting "horns" to the head)
After the little guys.
Legs - top-top!
(Stomp our feet)
Eyes - clap-clap!
(We close our eyes and open our eyes)
Who doesn't eat porridge?
Who doesn't drink milk?
(We threaten with a finger)
Gore, gore!
(Butting heads)

Two bugs

Two bugs in the clearing
Hopak danced:
(Dancing, hands on the belt)
Right leg top, top!
(Stomp with the right foot)
With the left foot top, top!
(Left foot stomp)
Handles up, up, up!
Who will raise above all?
(Stand on tiptoes, stretch up)

Top-top - Learning to walk!

Legs, legs,
Run along the path,
Pick peas.
Big feet
Walked on the road:
Top-top-top-top-top,
Top-top-top-top-top.
Little feet
Run along the path:
Top-top-top-top-top,
Top-top-top-top-top.

Teeth

Like Masha has two teeth.
Don't bite them, daughter!
Don't bite, eat,
Listen to mom and dad.

E. Grigoryeva

Naughty spoon

Our spoon is naughty!
Instead of a mouth, I got into my ear!
Ai-ai-ai! - what a spoon!
I'll punish her a little.

Lazgdyn

While falling asleep

Sleeping eyes and sleeping cheeks
Tired babies.
Eyelashes and palms sleep,
Bellies and legs sleep.
And tiny ears
Sweetly doze on the pillow.
The curls are sleeping, the hands are sleeping,
Only the noses are sniffling.

I. Gurina

Stomper

Stomp, stomp -
Stomp!
And I'll trample -
I'll stop trampling!
I won't go on the heels,
After all, there are only slippers left!
And I'll go, I'll go again
I stomp on my heels!