A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood

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Monday’s Child – Parents and teachers take recourse to this nursery rhyme to teach children the days of the week. A sailor went to sea, sea, sea To see what she could see, see, see, But all that she could see, see, see, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea. The protagonists sing the song multiple times while constructing a boat and during fantasy sequences.

Whoever the children are in your life - your kids, your grandkids, your students, even yourself (in your heart) - Kid Songs Around The World is a wonderful way to help them experience other languages and cultures. Many include beautiful illustrations, commentary by ordinary people, and links to recordings, videos, and sheet music. There are several different versions of this clapping rhyme, but below below you will find the most common version.Why not use this A Sailor Went to Sea nursery rhyme resource during related events, such as Nursery Rhyme Week?

While singing this song, children form their arms into an arch while others pass under a single-file. All include links to web pages where you can listen to recordings, hear the tune or watch a video performance. On every "Sea, sea, sea": Put your right hand up to your forehead, over your eyes, like you're looking - 3 times.Mama Lisa’s Christmas Around The World is a celebration of the diversity and love with which many different cultures mark this joyful time of year. Mother Goose Club is a series of educational programs for preschoolers featuring six colorful characters from the Mother Goose world. On every "Chop, chop, chop": Put one hand out like an ax and "chop" inside the elbow of your other arm - 3 times. So, the first three lines of the stanza are in iambic tetrameter and the last line is in iambic pentameter. When actions are added to a song or nursery rhyme, this also helps support young children with their physical development, helping strengthen their all-important gross motor and fine motor skills.

A Sailor Went to Sea’ is a popular children’s song that contains repetition, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. And while singing about the sailor’s adventures, we also learn the names of some very cool sea creatures. I hope you see more than this sailor from the Songs with Simon nursery rhymes and kids song collection! For another great nursery rhyme PowerPoint to keep your learners singing, check out this lovely Miss Polly Had a Dolly Lyrics PowerPoint.Each song includes the full text in the original language, with an English translation, and most include sheet music. He has a passion for analyzing poetic works with a particular emphasis on literary devices and scansion.