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The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
The 1897 version has the following lyrics: [2] I went to the animal fair, The birds and the beasts were there; The little baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair. The monkey he got drunk, And sat on the elephant's trunk, The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees And that was the end of the monk.
The adult, out of sight of the child, will mark in some conspicuous way the nail of the index finger of one hand and the nail of the second finger of the other hand. Both hands are then shown to the child as fists (folded fingers downwards) with the two fingers with marked nails pointing forward – these represent Peter and Paul.
Children playing This Little Pig. [1] Fingerplay, commonly seen in early childhood, is hand action or movement combined with singing or spoken-words to engage the child's interest. According to Erikson, many children develop autonomy and "want to learn and imitate the activities and behavior of others".
Two small tigers, Two small tigers, Run so fast, Run so fast! One does not have ears! (or: One does not have eyes!) One doesn't have a tail! That's so strange, That's so strange!
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Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (1970) is a children's cantata composed by Joseph Horovitz in a popular style for unison or two-part voices and piano, with optional bass and drums. The libretto by Michael Flanders is an adaptation of the Biblical tale of Noah found in Genesis chapters 6–9.
Fingerbobs is a British children's television programme made by Q3 for the BBC. The first episode was broadcast on 14 February 1972 on BBC1 as part of Watch with Mother. [1] The show was created by Joanne and Michael Cole, who also created Bod. Only thirteen episodes were ever made and were regularly repeated until December 1984.