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And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
By: Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
What would happen if the dish and the spoon (of “hey diddle diddle” fame) ran away and didn’t want to come back? Well, that’s the premise of this funny, pun-filled saga. Other nursery rhyme characters follow a map to find the runaways in this lively, visually sophisticated, and humorous book.
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Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young
By: Jane Dyer
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
The large format and lush illustrations appeal to young children, and adults will appreciate the organization by topics of interest. Categories such as Animals, Playtime, and Bedtime make this an ideal collection for sharing — whether you have just a few minutes or a long, leisurely afternoon.
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Chinese Nursery Rhymes
By: Robert Wyndham
Illustrated by: Ed Young
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Rhymes, lullabies, and songs from the Chinese oral tradition have been translated and illustrated with softly toned watercolors evocative of Asian art. Children and adults alike with recognize the universal themes of childhood in these pieces.
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Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
By: Tracey Pearson
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Gentle illustrations show this familiar ditty in a modern light. A boy brings a book for his father to read to him and after they both fall asleep, Mom carries the boy to bed while the family dog follows with his shoe. This book makes a wonderful bedtime choice.
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Hickory Dickory Dock
By: James Marshall
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Young children will enjoy the sound of the familiar rhymes but older readers — including parents who share it with young children — will take pleasure in the deadpan humor of the illustrations.
Now presented in board book format, this will hold up to multiple readings.
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Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
By: Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy
Illustrated by: Vivi Escriva
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Rhymes from Spanish speaking countries are presented in Spanish and recreated in English to form a bilingual collection, with attention to the sounds and patterns of both languages. Vivid illustrations complete this appealing book.
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Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
By: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by: Marc Brown
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
What better way to introduce children to things fantastic or real than through these 200 short poems? Engagingly illustrated, this classic book features a variety of rhymes both old and new.
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This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games and Pantomime Rhymes
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by: Will Hillenbrand
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Even the uninitiated adult will be able to follow the clear directions and language in this handsome oversized book, ideal for sharing one to one, adult and child. A lively music CD of select rhymes from the text accompanies the book but is not essential for the sharing.
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Wee Willie Winkie
By: Salley Mavor
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Wee Willie Winkie runs through this book, which is illustrated in deeply colored fabric collage — detailed but uncluttered. Sturdy pages have a rich texture and make for great bedtime reading with wee ones!
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Nursery Rhyme Words & Artwork — Hubbard's Cupboard
The ideas for the following projects are from TLC Nursery Rhymes and More Nursery Rhymes.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Jack and Jill
Old Mother Hubbard
Mary Had a Little Lamb & Baa Baa Black Sheep
Hey Diddle Diddle
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa, baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir. Three bags full.
One for the master
and one for the dame.
And one for the little boy
who lives down the lane.
1, 2, Buckle My Shoe
1, 2, Buckle my shoe.
3, 4 Shut the door.
5, 6 Pick up sticks.
7, 8 Lay them straight.
9, 10 A big fat hen!
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle, diddle.
The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such a sport
and the dish ran away with the spoon!
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Diddle diddle dumpling
my son John.
He went to bed with his socks on.
One shoe off and one shoe on.
Diddle diddle dumpling
my son John!
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one.
The mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory, dock!
Hickety Pickety
Hickety pickety,
my black hen.
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Sometimes nine.
And sometimes ten.
Hickety pickety,
my black hen.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider
went up the spout again!
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses
and all the King's men
couldn't put Humpty together again!
Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble!
Jack be quick!
Jack jump over the candle stick!
Jack and Jill
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!
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 boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack fast asleep
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
and she doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone,
and they'll come home
wagging their tails behind them.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go.
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
sat on a tuffet
eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
and sat down beside her.
And frightened Miss Muffet away!
Old King Cole
Old King Cole
was a merry old soul,
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe,
and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his fiddlers three.
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells
And cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
Pat a Cake
Pat a cake, pat a cake
Baker's man!
Bake me a cake
as fast as you can.
Pat it, and prick it,
and mark it with a ___.
Put it in the oven for ____ and me!
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
went to the cupboard
to get her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there,
the cupboard was bare.
And so the poor dog had none.
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell
and there he kept her very well
Peas Porridge Hot
Peas porridge hot.
Peas porridge cold.
Peas porridge in the pot
Nine days old!
Simple Simon
Simple Simon
met a pieman
going to the fair.
Says Simple Simon to the pieman
"Let me taste your ware!"
Says the pieman to Simple Simon
"Show me first your penny."
Says Simple Simon to the pieman
"Indeed I have not any!"
Queen of Hearts
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.
To Market
To market, to market
to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again
Jiggity jig!
To market, to market
to buy a fat hog.
Home again, home again
Jiggity jog!
Star Light
Star light.
Star bright.
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may.
I wish I might
have the wish I wish tonight.
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie
runs through the town,
upstairs, downstairs,
in his nightgown.
Rapping at the windows,
crying through the lock,
"Are the children all in bed?
For now it's eight 8 o'clock".
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are!
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.
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For the smallest
- for babies
- Pour and Pesti for babies
- Cycle toys Agnia Barto
- Good poems Berestov for the smallest
- for the smallest
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Family
- Poems
- Poems for Dad
- Poems for grandmother
- Poems for grandfathers
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Children's classics
Tsvetaeva - Lermontov
- Blok
- Tyutchev
- Nekrasov
- Fet
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Educational rhymes
- tongue twisters
- Counters
- Pour
- MIRILIKA
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Animal world
- Poems about animals
- Patterns about fish
- Poems about insects
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nature and seasons
9000 9000 - Poems about cosmos
- 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
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Other authors
- Valentin Bereestov
- Henry Sapgir
- Elena Blaginina 9000
- Poems for St.
Valentine's Day - Poems about February 23
- Poems for March 8
- Poems about Maslenitsa
- Poems for Easter
- Poems by May 9
- Poems for September 1
- Poems to the Day of Teacher
- Poems to Mother Day
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New Year
- Poems
- New Year verses for the smallest 9000,000
- 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
Holidays
Train your child's memory! nine0175
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? nine0003
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. nine0003
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. nine0003
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!
A.
