WIGGLES DVD Giveaway
By Jackie Burrell
Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 10:19 am in Contest.
Time for another blog giveaway, and this time we’ve got something to get the wiggles out — or in, as the case may be: “Pop Go The Wiggles.” It’s the latest, hot-off-the-press, nursery rhyme-centric DVD from that ridiculously popular Aussie kid band, The Wiggles. The DVD includes some of the most popular ditties in the Mother Goose oeuvre – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” for example – and some that were new … to us, anyway. “There Was a Princess”?? “Murray Had a Turtle”??
So here’s this week’s challenge. Click “comments” and tell us about your favorite, not-so-well-known nursery rhyme. We’ll draw a name next weekend (Karin was last week’s winner, by the way! Congrats, kiddo!) and ship off some wiggly fun.
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March 24th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Reminds me of “wiggles wobble but they don’t fall down” – not quite a nursery rhyme.
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man’s hat
If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do
If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I always liked the one about the fat cat. It had some slow blue-sy action which was enjoyable as an eight year old:
Oh, Del Gato was a cat.
He was big and round and nice on fat.
He would sit upon the fence,
Meow meow meow,
Waiting for a mouse to be found,
Meow meow meow
Oh, the life of Del Gato.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Not strictly a nursery rhyme, but a rhyme which I’ve taught my five year old and which always tickled me:
Ladles and Jellyspoons,
I come before you to stand behind you
and tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, which is good Friday,
There will be a ladies meeting
For men only.
Entrance is free, you can pay at the door.
We’ll give you a seat so you can sit on the floor.
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Nonsense verse was always my favourite and my sons seem to like it too
March 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
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March 24th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs, upon my word
He was a pretty fellow.
The sweetest notes he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary,
And often where the cage was hung,
She stood to hear Canary.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I love the Horsey, Horsey one (being a horse girl at heart.)
Horsey Horsey rhyme
Horsey horsey don’t you stop
Just let your feet go clippetty clop
The tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up, we’re homeward bound.
March 25th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
My girls love the wiggles
The North wind doth blow
and we shall have snow,
and what will poor robin do then,
poor thing.
He’ll sit in a barn
and keep himself warm
and hide his head under his wing,
poor thing.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I love you little.
I love you big.
I love you like a little ole pig!
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Higglety Pigglety Pop
The dog has eaten the mop
The pig’s in a hurry, the cat’s in a flurry
Higglety Pigglety Pop!
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Wow, these rhymes are so cute. Here is one that my mother used to say…
Sleep Tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite but if they do, pick a few and I’ll fry them for you.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl
If the bowl had been stronger
My song would be longer
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
My favorite rhyme is one we always did at Halloween in my 4K class and the kids love it. We sang “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” with these words and I used a stuffed spider to do the motions.
“The itsy bitsy spider crawled up on (child’s name) head.
He crawled all around and he made himself a bed.
He crawled on his back and he jumped on to the floor.
And the itsy bitsy spider crawled right out the door.”
The kids love this and my own children do too.
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 am
I wish I could remember the old rhymes I was told, but I am still struggling with trying to remember the popular ones when trying to sing to my little ones right now. I change the characters to include my son and daughter, and even with ‘Ba Ba Black Sheep’ we have even changed some parts that has helped my son remember what street he lives on.