Week 11 Reading Dairy: British Nursery Rhymes continued

Nursery Rhymes Unit, Part one continued

Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 1

-The old man was so kind always asking people how they were doing.  It is a good example of how most old men act, caring.

-Strange foxes that don't eat mustard and don't eat meat without spoons and forks.. that must be hard. What an evil fox killling the goose and bringing it back to his den to get praised.

-Whenever he sold something he never knew how to make it worth something.  This could be a very good life lesson

-I love the name Polly it reminds me of my best friend! Not a common name!

Little Bo-Peep
-I love this character, I was actually Little Bo-Peep in a play once and I was so proud!

Sind a Song of Sixpence
- I like it went through each person in the home and talked about what their jobs contained.

-Why wouldn't you love Johnny, and why should Johnny love you?  

Tom, the Piper's Son
- I bet it got annoying hearing Tom always play the same tune.

London Bridge is Falling Down
-This was fun to actually read. I always played this a child during school.  It made the shorten version that I knew make a lot more sense.

Week 11 Reading Diary: British Unit

Week 11 reading diary comes from the British Unit: Nursery Rhymes.  The Nursery Rhyme Book by Andrew Lang are one of the many collections and editions of the English nursery rhymes.

Reading A:
Nursery Rhymes: Tales

-Babes in the Woods - This is a rather sad nursery rhyme, children were taken and killed, saddest part is that no now knew their names.

There was a Crooked Man - What cute little story of a crooked man who loves who he is and continued the theme of crookedness.

Simple Simon
- I like how the pieman was going to the fair, and he only wanted a penny for a taste?!

The Lion and the Unicorn
-Of course the lion beats the unicorn, but i like how after the lion won he gave the town food.

Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
-I didn't like that Tom the piper's son stole a pig to eat it.

Three Wise Men of Gotham
- Cute, that if the bowl had been stronger that the song could have been longer.

Taffy was a Welshman
- Taffy sounds like a real sketchy dude, I'm glad someone finally flung a poker and hit his head.

Little Jack Horner
-I always loved this nursery rhyme, such a cute story

Solomon Grundy
-Interesting rhyme going through the days of the week, very creative.

Nursery Rhymes: Proverbs

St. Swithin's Day
-This is reminds me of the story of the flood that God sent.

If Wished Were Horses
-These are cute little stories that talk about what would happen if did something a certain way.

Monday's Child
- I love how all of these go with the days of the weeks, really starts to make me think creatively for my story.

For Want of a Nail
- You always want something, and something always leaves you once you get what you want.

"March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers."