Count Along with Mother Goose

Count Along with Mother Goose — page 1 — Nursery Rhymes About Counting 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 animals have long been used to teach children to count Animals people and things are all included in these teaching rhymes

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Count Along with Mother Goose — page 3 — Three Times Round

Count Along with Mother Goose — page 4 — Three times round goes our gallant ship And three times round goes she Three times round goes our gallant ship And sinks to the bottom of the sea

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