![]() So, what is the tune for this nursery rhyme? With all of the songs in this post, as soon as you hear it I am sure it will be familiar and you will remember singing it with your parents or with friends in your school days, but here it is: Baa Baa Black Sheep So it is the first verse of this song that people know, and those are the words that I sing whenever I sing this song, but I recently found out that there are actually 5 verses, so I will give you all 5 verse lyrics here, but as I said I only ever sing the first verse. You don’t need any equipment at all, or even accompaniment to sing these songs with your baby, as you will hear from the sound clips for each song. OK, so that’s very easy to say, but as a new mum I looked at my little boy when he was first born and found myself trying and failing to remember a single nursery rhyme in my sleep deprived state! They came back eventually, but if you are similarly sleep deprived and can’t think of a single thing to sing with your baby here are 12 nursery rhymes, with their lyrics, for you. Last week I wrote a blog post about why you should sing to your baby, which you can read here, and of course a great type of song to sing with your baby or young child, would be a nursery rhyme. So these simple little songs can be an incredibly powerful tool in your child’s development and have benefits that last far beyond the years when they will most likely be singing them by themselves or with you. This allows children to gain comfort in the classroom with each other and builds a bond with the children’s families to get everyone together.Did you know that research h has shown that when a child knows 8 or more nursery rhymes by heart by the age of 4, then they usually have some of the best reading and spelling skills in their class by the time they turn 8. There would also be snacks and drinks for the audience. Their family and/or friends can come and watch. Another in-class use, which also can tie to the previous activity would be to have the children sing this song as a chorus holding their sticks with their animal of choice. This activity fosters creativity, imagination, motor skills, and they can practice making shapes the same size. Once they are finished putting it together, then they can glue it onto a stick. They would cut out the head, body, arms, legs, nose, ears, eyes, tail. They could cut out each part of the body and glue them together. Possible In-Class Use: Children could create their own stuffed animal out of paper. It is a warm song that any person at any age would love.ĥ. ![]() The illustrations are child-friendly which makes the song book relatable to children. Review: Calling someone sunshine is such a beautiful metaphor because the sun is one of the brightest and warmest thing in existence. The children are shown cuddling, playing with, and falling asleep with their stuffed animal.Ĥ. The illustrations explain the song through a child’s love for his/her stuffed animal. Summary: This song book expresses the love someone has for another by comparing them to sunshine. Awards: Jimmie Davis was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame for this songĢ. Rather, they add to the overall experience of the book and make it a great children’s book for all ages.ġ. I think the illustrator’s style was captured perfectly in this book, but at the same time the illustrations are not distracting from the text or song as a whole. ![]() ![]() The children with huge heads and little smiles are adorable to me! The bears also have huge heads and little facial features, which I just can’t get over. The cover is a perfect example of how the words fit around the illustration!Īnother thing that really caught my eye in this book were the illustrations. Sometimes the text stands out boldly against the pages, while other times it calmly stays in the background and lets the picture speak of itself. The words flow in waves on the page and swirl around the illustrations for a fun reading experience. Because we want to sing it when we read it, it is laid out in a way that makes that possible. Something I really liked about this book was the way the text was laid out. I had never pictured the song to be about a child singing to their toy but it is a darling little book. Little children hold onto their teddy bears and sing them the song. It’s a literal take on the children’s song that we all know and love. I had no clue it was a book until I walked into Barnes and Nobel and saw it with my own eyes. “YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE” by Jimmie Davis is an animated version of the children’s song. ![]()
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