Mother Goose!
Everyone likes Mother Goose! Children like Mother Goose because the rhymes are fun and easy to learn. Educators & parents like Mother Goose because those same rhymes help children develop phonemic awareness skills that they will need to become good readers.
Babies
Arnold Lobel's Mother Goose
by Arnold Lobel; illustrated by Arnold Lobel
ISBN: 9780375829048
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| Ride a cock horse | (bounce child on knees) |
| To Branbury Cross | (bounce child on knees) |
| To see a fine lady | |
| Upon a white horse | |
| Ringers on her Fingers | (Kiss child's hand one at a time) |
| And bells on her toes | (blow kisses to child's feet) |
| She shall have music wherever she goes. | (give knee one final bounce) |
My Very First Mother Goose
by Iona Opie; illustrated by Rosemary Wells
ISBN: 9781564026200
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| Hickory, dickory, dock, | |
| The mouse ran up the clock | (walk up the child's arm with your first two fingers) |
| The clock struck one | (give child a nose kiss) |
| And down he run | |
| Hickory, dickory, dock | (run fingers back down again). |
Toddlers
Dan Yaccarino's Mother Goose
by Author; illustrated by Illustrator
ISBN: 9780763613488
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| To see a video of this rhyme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIwhaDSisgc | |
| Five Little Fishies | |
| Swimming in the pool. | (make swimming motions) |
| The first one said, | |
| The pool is cool. | (hug yourself as if you're freezing) |
| The second one said, | |
| The pool is deep. | (point down deep) |
| The third one said, | |
| I'd like to sleep. | (pretend to go to sleep) |
| The fourth one said, | |
| Let's swim and dip. | (make swimming and diving motions) |
| The fifth one said, | |
| I see a ship. | (look out to see) |
| The fisherman's line went | |
| Splish, splish, splash | (clap hands) |
| (fast) and away the five | (hold up five fingers) |
| Little fishies dash! | (make swimming motions) |
This little piggy : lap songs, finger plays, clapping games, and pantomime rhymes
by Jane Yolen; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand; Musical Arrangements by Adam Stemple
ISBN: 9780763613488
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| Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill-- | (Rest two fingers on top of your left hand) |
| One named Jack, | (Hold up one finger) |
| The other named Jill | (Hold up two fingers) |
| Fly away,Jack, | (Lay hands one on top of the other and make a flying motion) |
| Fly away, Jill. | (Repeat) |
| Come back, Jack, | (Motion for the bird to come back) |
| Come back, Jill. | (Motion for the bird to come back) |
Preschoolers
Mother Goose and Friends
Selected by Ruth Sanderson; illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
ISBN: 0316777188
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| I'm a little teapot | |
| Short and stout | (sit then stand up straight) |
| Here is my handle | (place your left hand on your hip for a handle) |
| Here is my spout | (extend your right arm--bent at the wrist and elbow--upward for the spout |
| When I get all steamed up | (steamed up means excited, so look excited) |
| Hear me shout, | |
| "Just tip me over and pour me out." | (Bend over at the waist toward the extended arm, as if pouring tea out) |
Video: "Hey Diddle Diddle"
Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose
by Leo Dillon; illustrated by Diane Dillon
ISBN: 9780152056766 Check the Catalog »
| Little Miss Muffet | (Smile and put hands up on face to show how happy you are) |
| Sat on her tuffet, | (Sit down) |
| Eating her curds and whey; | (Pretend to eat) |
| Along came a spider, | (Run fingers across your other arm--like a spider |
| Who sat down beside her | (Sit down) |
| And frightened Miss Muffet away. | (Wave hands and run around scared) |
