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Nursery Rhymes
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Mama Lisa's House of Nursery Rhymes is easy to navigate, with six dozen rhymes listed alphabetically down the left side. Some have illustrations and funny hidden sounds, the rest are simply text. Other worthwhile clicks are the poems of Eugene Field (such as "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel") and Mama Lisa's collection of international folk children songs. "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night / Sailed off in a wooden shoe / Sailed on a river of crystal light / Into a sea of dew."
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Nursery Rhymes – “A great collection of nursery rhymes will have your children clapping, singing and stomping along with this lively audio program. The audio CD comes bundled together with a brightly colored book that features the words to each song, you and your young children will make this a drive-time favorite. There are little life’s lessons tucked in between the songs to reinforce issues about manners, safety and responsibility. All in all, this is good fun that your toddler will treasure.” –National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
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E[V]eryone grew up with the well-known set of nursery rhymes, such as Jack and Jill, or Peter Peter, Pumpkin Eater, and all the others. The visual imagery invoked by these stories is vivid, such as three blind mice running away from a madwoman with a knife, while Jack made a wild leap over a flaming candle. Best of all for wild imagery... would have to be "Hey Diddle Diddle".
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Wringing meaning from nursery rhymes is like trying to squeeze blood from a stone. Sometimes these verses are simply games with infants, involving hands (“Patty cake, patty cake”) or toes (“This little pig went to market”). Other times they recall playground pastimes: “London Bridge is falling down.”
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Nursery rhymes lend themselves naturally to integration across the curriculum and engage students in related activities. Natural, unforced links are made as appropriate. Where relevant literacy is ... linked to other learning areas. This provides opportunities to experience a range of genres such as procedural texts, recounts, reports and etc.
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The nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses"... known as "Ring Around The Rosie", is mistakenly referred to as a metaphorical reference to the Great Plague of London. According to this theory, first symptoms of plague were ring-like sores. People didn't understand the illness and would place flowers in the pocket in the belief that illness came from bad smells, so to have something smell sweet would possibly kill the sickness. Also, there is a strong and ancient belief in plants and flowers having spiritual abilities.
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