First Quarter
The Star
By Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
This Little Pig
Nursery Rhyme
This little pig went to market,
This little pig stayed home,
This little had roast beef,
This little pig had none,
This little pig cried,
“Wee-wee-wee!”
All the way home.
Mix A Pancake
By Christina G. Rossetti
Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake,
Pop it in a pan;
Fry the pancake,
Toss the pancake,
Catch it if you can.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Nursery Rhyme
Hickory, dickory, dock
The mouse ran up the clock!
The clock struck one
And down he ran,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Second Quarter
Rain
By Robert Louis Stevenson
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
Hey Diddle Diddle
Nursery Rhyme
Hey diddle, diddle!
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with
the spoon.
About Rides
By Vivian Gouled
I can ride in a car.
I can ride in a train.
I can ride in a bus,
And ride in a plane,
But I guess I can never,
(and neither can you)
Ever ride in the pouch
Of a kangaroo!
Humpty Dumpty
Nursery Rhyme
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king’s horses
And all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together
again.
Third Quarter
Everybody Says
By Dorothy Aldis
Everybody says
I look just like my mother.
Everybody says
I’m the image of Aunt Bee.
Everybody says
My nose is like my father’s.
But I want to look like me.
Little Miss Muffet
Nursery Rhyme
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet
Away.
I’d Like To Be A Worm
By Zhenya Gay
I’d like to be a worm
And squirm
In nice soft dirt,
And not have to worry
Or ever be sorry
Of getting mud on my
Nice clean shirt.
Little Bo Peep
Nursery Rhyme
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And can’t tell where to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.Fourth Quarter
A Calendar
By Anonymous
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except February alone,
Which has four and twenty-four
Till leap year gives it
One day more.
Where Has My Little Dog Gone
Nursery Rhyme
Oh, where, oh, where
Has my little dog gone?
Oh, where, oh, where
Can he be?
With his ears cut short
And his tail cut long,
Oh, where, oh, where
Can he be?
Drinking Fountain
By Marchette G. Chute
When I climb up
To get a drink
It doesn’t work
The way you’d think.
I turn it up,
The water goes
And hits me right
Upon the nose.
I turn it down
To make it small
And don’t get any
Drink at all.
Little Charlie Chipmunk
By Helen Cowles LeCron
Little Charlie Chipmunk was talker, Mercy me!
He chattered after breakfast, and he chattered after tea!
He chattered to his father, and he chattered to his mother!
He chattered to his sister, and he chattered to his brother!
He chattered till his family was almost driven wild.
Oh, little Charlie Chipmunk was a very tiresome child!
