Stories and Poems
Stories and Poems
Presentation
- Tell as well as read as many stories as possible to the children.
- Whether you are telling a story or reading aloud from a book, make it lively and interesting.
- Children should be taught poems as soon as possible. They love the rhythm of words and learn them by joining in with you when you read.
- Nursery rhymes should also be a regular feature, either with music or by recitation.
Examples of Rhymes
- Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
- Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the stream,
merrily merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the stream,
if you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream!
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the river,
if you see a polar bear don’t forget to shiver!
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the creak,
if you see a little mouse don’t forget to squeak!
Row row row your boat gentle to the shore,
if you see a lion don’t forget to roar!
Rock, rock, rock, your boat gentle to and fro,
merrily merrily merrily merrily into the water you go!
- The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round,
the wheels on the bus go round and round all day long!
The children on the bus go up and down,
Up and down, up and down,
The children on the bus go up and down all day long!
The doors on the bus go open and shut,
Open and shut, open and shut,
The doors on the bus go open and shut all day long!
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish,
Swish swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish all day long!
- The grand old duke of york
he had 10 thousand men,
he marched them up to the top of the hill
and he marched them down again
When they were up they were up,
and when they were down they were down,
but when they were only half way up,
they were neither up nor down.
- Twinkle twinkle little star,
how I wonder where you are?
Up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle twinkle little star
how I wonder where you are?
- Old MacDonald had a farm eye eye io,
and on that farm,
he had a cow
eye eye io,
with a moo, moo here
and a moo, moo there,
here a moo there a moo everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm eye eye io!
Old MacDonald had a farm eye eye io,
and on that farm,
he had a pig
eye eye io,
with a oink, oink here
and a oink, oink there,
here an oink there a oink everywhere a oink, oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm eye eye io!
[on to other animals]