Mother goose rhymes

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Mother Goose Rhymes or Nursery Rhymes

Transcript of Mother goose rhymes

Mother Goose Rhymes

or Nursery Rhymes

Children all over the world have recited, sang, and repeated Mother Goose rhymes, but they have never bothered to know their origin and their meaning.

Who was Mother Goose and where did she live?

1697 French writer, Charles Perrault, published a collection of fairy tales.

Comtes de Ma mere I “Oye or Tales of My Mother Goose.

John Newberry published Mother Goose Melody.

As the Mother Goose rhymes: interesting bits of

history old customs Manner and beliefs

Richard III was probably Humpty Dumpty.

James Orchard Halliwell published Gammer Gurton’s Garland or the nursery Parnassus.

QUALITIES OF MOTHER GOOSE

RHYMES:

Musical Quality: Children are

captivated by their sounds, rhyme and rhythm.

Example: Little Miss Muffet.

Action: Children like action.

Example: Jack and JillHumor: Children laugh at

the sound or the unusual combination of words.

Example: Humpty Dumpty

Story interest: Children love the story element.

Variety of Subject Matter: Children enjoy the different subject matter of rhymes.

a. Animalsb. Alphabetsc. Dialogue

d. Counting rhymese. Gamesf. Peopleg. Time versesh. Riddles Tongue twistersi. Weather Accumulative storiesj. Singing rhymes.

Comprehension of meaning and ability to read are not involved in the child’s enjoyment of the rhymes. Teachers recite the rhyme several times and children just follow and imitate their teachers.

VERSES FOR CHILDREN

LESSON 3

Verse for children A verse is a line of poetry having, usually, determined metrical or rhythmical pattern. Mothers goose rhymes or nursery rhymes for the very young children is an introduction To the gay tradition of nonsense verse for the children.

These are certain values of nonsense verses for children; 1. They provide humor for children.

Children laugh heartily at the words even though the words may be meaningless to them.

2. They introduce the children to rhyme and various patter verse.

3. They serve as a release from tension and anxieties.

4. They provide children a means of escape from reality.

These are certain values of nonsense verses for children; 5. They are excellent for ear training. 6. They serve as introduction to better poetry.

Poets of nonsense verse Edward Lear, 1812-1888, was the greatest poet of nonsense. Although he was sick epilepsy, Lear did not stop writing limericks, funny poems of five lines. In 1846, he published the book of nonsense and in 1971, nonsense songs and stories. Hogwash was a fine October morning, one September, last July! The moon lay thick upon the ground, the mud shone in the sky! The flowers sang so sweetly, the birds were in full bloom! As I hurried down the cellar steps, to sweep the upstairs room! The time was Tuesday morning, on Wednesday, just at night! I saw ten-thousand miles away, a house, just out of sight! Its doors projected backwards. The front was at the back! It stood alone, between two more, and it was whitewashed black!amen

THE QUALITIES OF LEAR’S VERSES ARE: His made-up words. Five different sets of alphabet rhymes.

Which are the alliterative and tongue twister variety.

A) was once an apple pie PedyWidyPidy

Nice insidy,Apple – pie!

B) was once a little bear,BearyWaryHairyBeary

Taky cary,Little bear!

C) Was once a little cakeCakyBakyMakyCaky

Taky caky,Little cake!

D) Was once a little doll,Dolly,Molly,Polly,Nolly,

Nursy dolly,Little doll!

Tabil / pampilipit dila

Pinaputi ni TepiterioAng pitong puting

putong patong patong.

NONSENSE ALPHABETEdward Lear

A was an ant who seldom stood still,and who made a nice house on the side of a hillNice little ant!B was a bat who slept all the day and gluttered about when the sun went away ,brown little bat!C was a camelyou rode on his humps and if you fell offyou came down such a bump!what a high camel!

Lewis Carrol 1882-1898, writer of humorous verse for children wrote Alice's Adventure in Wonderland. Laura E.Richrads1850-1943 we know as the children's American Poet Laureate of Nonsense.Favorite verses were found in Tirra lirra; Rhymes Old and New Published in1932. the qualities of Laura E. Richard's verse are:1.She uses funny words.2.She uses humorous tales.3.She deals with funny characters and funny situations.4.Her verse have lyrical quality.

Twenty white horses upon a red hill; now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. ( A Child’s Teeth)

Thirty days has September, April, June and November all the rest have thirty-one excepting leap year, that’s the time when February days are twenty-nine.

Monday’s child is fair to face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace; Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go; Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for his living; But the child that is born on the Sabbath day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper; A peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked; If peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers: Where’s the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone; but when she came there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none. She went to the hatter’s to buy him a hat but when she came back he was feeding the cat. She went to the tailor’s to buy him a coat but when she came back he was riding a goat. She went to the cobbler’s he was reading a news. She went to the hoosier’s to buy him some hose; but when she came back he was dressed in his clothes. The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow; the dame said, “ your servant!” the dog said “Bow-wow!”