The Nest Rhyme Sheet

Rhyming builds language skills and prepares children for reading.

Try some of these rhymes with your child or check out a book of nursery rhymes from the library.

Weather
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

Two Little Blackbirds
Two Little Blackbirds
Sitting on a hill
One named Jack
One named Jill
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill

Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick

Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a spider
And sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away

Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys
Swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator,
“You can’t catch me!”
Along came Mr. Alligator
Quiet as could be
And he snapped that monkey
Out of that tree
(continue on with 4, 3, 2, 1)

Higgelty, Piggelty, Pop!
Higgelty, piggelty, pop!
The dog has eaten the mop;
   The pig’s in a hurry,
   The cat’s in a flurry,
Higgelty, piggelty, pop!