Wednesday Reading Diary
Since there were many different nursery rhythms in each story / section/ chapter ( whatever you want to call it), I decided I to pick my favorite one out of each.
Jingles - I liked the jingle Hey Diddle Diddle in this section. I remember this rhythm from when I was a kid. I think it would be fun to retell. Plus, I really like the picture which depicts the entire rhythm.
Love and Matrimony - Jack and Jill was my favorite in this section. I liked the rhyming in this rhythm and interestingly, Jack and Jill are referred to King Louis XVI - Jack -who was beheaded (lost his crown) followed by his Queen Marie Antoinette - Jill - (who came tumbling after).
Natural History Part 1 - I think this rhythm would be fun to re tell in a story!
THERE was a little boy went into a barn,
And lay down on some hay;
An owl came out and flew about,
And the little boy ran away.
I HAD a little hen, the prettiest ever seen;
She washed me the dishes, and kept the house clean;
She went to the mill to fetch me some flour;
She brought it home in less than an hour;
She baked me my bread, she brew'd me my ale;
She sat by the fire, and told many a fine tale.
Accumulative Stories - I like how all of these stories/ rhythms keep adding onto the story! Especially "This is the House that Built Jack". A new line is added each time, which the previous ones underneath. It reminds me of the 12 days of Christmas song!
Relics - My favorite was rain rain go away. I feel like this rhythm could be retold as a little kid who is stuck inside and all he wants to do is go outside and play.
RAIN, rain, go away;
Come again another day;
Little Arthur wants to play.
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| Jack and Jill |
Source: The Nursery Rhyme Book edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).
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