Which English nursery rhyme or song have you chosen to compare the French nursery song we learned with? Why are they alike, and how can either be used to teach something to children?
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Pease porridge hot!
Pease porridge cold!
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old!
Betty Botter bought some butter,
But, she said, The butter's bitter;
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter.
But, a bit of better butter
Will make my batter better.
So, she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter
And the batter was not bitter.
So, 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.
It's a tounge-twisting rhyme that teaches young children how to read the text carefully.
Old mother hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor doggie a bone,
When she got there,
Her cupboard was bare
So the poor little doggie had none
In this nursery rhyme it never tells us why the cupboard was empty so I used my imagination to come up with rabbits going in the cupboard and eating the dog bone.
This can teach children when they grow up not to forget to get groceries or else them and their pet of child will be hungry.
I couldn't find a nursery rhyme but I remembered this story, SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE!
A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue.
Dillon Lerach
12-4-08
Period 6
One little, two little, three little indians, four little, five little, six little indians, seven little, eight little, nine little indians, ten little indian boys.
Ten little, nine little, eight little indians, seven little, six little, five little indians, four little, three little, two little indians, one little indian boy.
This rhyme teaches children how to count to ten.
One, two,
Buckle my shoe
Three, four,
Shut the door
Five, six,
Pick up sticks
Seven eight,
Lay them straight
Nine, ten,
Do it again!
This nursery rhyme teaches children to count in a fun, simple, rhythmic way.
here was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that to swallow a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog;
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse...
She's dead, of course!
Originally, I thought of Jack and Jill, bu I thought this rhyme was much better. I thought of this rhyme because when he was talking about eating the rabbits, I thought of a rhyme which involved food.
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