Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for my master,
And one for my dame,
and one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Little Jack Horner.
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.
Up Jack got and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper;
He went to bed to mend his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said "What a good boy am I!"
Little Boy Blue
Little boy blue, come blow your horn;
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where's the little boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
Horsie, Horsie
Horsie, Horsie, don't you stop,
Just let your feet go clippety clop;
Your tail goes swish
And the wheels go round,
Giddyup, you're homeward bound!
Two Little Dicky Birds.
Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall.
One named Peter, one named Paul;
Fly away, Peter! Fly away, Paul!
Come back, Peter! Come back, Paul.
Incy Wincy Spider
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out!
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain.
And Incy Wincy Spider climbed 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 kings men,
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
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.
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
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs …!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there was 4 green speckled frogs .
Language Tips
Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes are a great pre-reading/spelling skill but unfortunately they seem
to have gone out of fashion. Recent research shows rhyming skills are now
considered an essential literacy skill.
Have fun reciting the rhymes.
Humpty Dumpty
Jack and Jill
Little Miss Muffet
Incy Wincy Spider
Hey Diddle Diddle
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
And number rhymes
Two Little Dicky Birds
12345 Once I Caught A Fish Alive
Five Little Ducks
5 Little Speckled Frogs
A
Have fun reciting the rhymes together.
B
Can they say it by themselves?
C
Make a mistake, can they spot it?
E.g. Little Miss Muffet, sat on her buffet!
D
Make up any silly rhyming words
E.g. Jack/sack/pack/zack/nack/vack etc
E
Can they rhyme their name e.g.: Cara/para/sara/dara/mara etc
Picture Pairs Game
Play this game by asking your child to name and collect
the rhyming picture pairs eg mouse and house, pear and bear, fox and box.
Parents/Grandparents
Have fun recalling these favourite nursery rhymes from your own childhood.
Which was your favourite?