The first poems are for children aged 4-5
Get them to read the poem and sound out any words they do not know.
she fell into the bath tub she fell into the sink she fell into the rasberry jam and came out pink
Teach your child to learn how to read.
Great job now try to read this one by yourself.
Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? I live with my cat, In a high rise flat, So how on earth would I know?
This section is for children aged 6-10
This section will teach older children some poems.
THE moon is shining o'er the field, A little breeze is blowing, The radish leaves are crisp and green, The lettuces are growing. The owl is in the ivy-bush, With both his eyes a-winking ; The rabbit shakes his little tail, And sits him down a-thinking-- "Oh ! where are all the dormice gone ? And are the frogs a-vooing ? Will no one come to play with me ? What are they all a-doing ?" Poor little rabbit, all alone, Don't let the master meet you ; He'll shoot you with his little gun, And merrily he'll eat you !
The Fiddler
THE fiddler played upon his fiddle All through that leafy June, He always played hey-diddle-diddle, And played it out of tune. And down the hill the children came, And down the valley too : I never heard the fiddler's name, So cannot tell it you. Hey-diddle-diddle, diddle-diddle-dee. On on they came, and when they heard That tune so swift and sweet, They did not say a single word, But shuffled with their feet. Then round they went, and round and round, All to that cracked old fiddle, And still was heard the magic sound, Hey-diddle-diddle-didd, Hey-diddle-diddle, diddle-diddle-dee.