Nursery Rhyme Words
Free Nursery Rhymes
Take a look at these nursery rhyme words, these free nursery rhymes will take you back down memory lane.
Do you remember the lyrics from your childhood.
Traditional rhymes are great for sharing with your baby, toddlers, preschoolers and even older children.
It is important to teach your young children nursery rhymes as they help in building the foundation blocks of reading.
Children learn to hear the differences in words, how they are made up, the middle sounds etc.
For a more in depth report you can read this article at csus.edu/ier/reading.html
To Market, To Market Rhyme
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!
Humpty Dumpty Rhyme
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!
Nursery Rhyme Words
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 B. Put it in the oven for baby and me!
Jack and Jill 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.
This Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose
goose is lovely and has some beautiful illustrations.
Wee Will Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Upstairs and
downstairs in his nightgown
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
"Are the children in their beds, for now it's eight o'clock?"
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Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating of curds and whey
There came a big Spider who sat down beside her,
and frightened Miss Muffet away.
The Crooked Man Rhyme
There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a crooked little house.
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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.
Lucy locket
Lucy Locket, lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it;
There was not a penny in it,
But a ribbon round it.
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?
Silver bells and cockle-shells, And pretty maids all in a row.
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THE CAT AND FIDDLE.
Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed To see the sport,
While the dish ran after the spoon.
RING O' ROSES
Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies;
Hush! hush! hush! hush!
We're all tumbled down.
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.
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!
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!
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This Little Pig Went to Market
This little pig went to market; This little pig stayed at home;
This little pig had roast beef; This little pig had none;
This little pig cried "Wee, wee, wee!
I can't find my way home!"
Little Boy Blue
Little boy blue, come blow me your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;
Is that the way you mind your sheep,
Under the haystack fast asleep!
Diddlety, diddlety, dumpty
Diddlety, diddlety, dumpty,
The cat ran up the plum tree,
Give her a plum, and down she'll come,
Diddlety, diddlety, dumpty.
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