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Selected Poetry for Kindergarten.

First Quarter

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                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!