Making Friends with Mother Goose

Making Friends with Mother Goose — page 1 — Nursery Rhymes About People Since early days people have created rhymes to teach and entertain children Since they were often said in a nursery they became known as nursery rhymes In the 1700s these nursery rhymes were collected and published to share with parents and other adults Some of these collections were named after Mother Goose Mother Goose didn’t actually exist but there are many stories about who she could be Her rhymes were so popular people began using Mother Goose rhymes to refer to most nursery rhymes Since the 1600s nursery rhymes have come from many sources The meanings of the rhymes have been lost but they are an important form of folk language Nursery rhymes about people are usually fun tongue twisters or introduce you to interesting characters

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Making Friends with Mother Goose — page 3 — She Sells Sea Shells

Making Friends with Mother Goose — page 4 — She sells sea shells on the seashore The shells that she sells are sea shells I’m sure So if she sells sea shells on the seashore I’m sure that the shells are seashore shells

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