1St grade rhyming poems: Nursery Rhymes Reader {Poems} for Kindergarten & First Grade

21+ First Grade Poems To Teach Kids About Poetry

First grade poems are usually introduced as short pieces of text with shorter, rhyming words. This provides practice with reading fluency and intonation, which kids are also working on in first grade. Poems are used to teach students how to identify rhyming words and word families too. Through poetry, first graders begin to understand how sensory words are used to paint a mental picture. 

Table of Contents

• What Is a Poem for Grade 1?
• 21 of the Best First Grade Poems
• How Do You Teach a Poem to a First Grader?
• Check Out These Additional 1st Grade Resources

What Is a Poem for Grade 1?

In first grade, children are developing phonological awareness so the best first grade poems feature grade-level vocabulary, rhyming words, and imagery to make the poem come alive. 

Teachers often use funny poems to inspire students and keep their attention. Poems about nature, the seasons, weather, and food are also high interest topics at this stage.  

Eventually, children are introduced to longer poems and poems that use literary techniques other than rhyme. 

In partnership with Teach Simple, whose marketplace is full of educational materials created by actual teachers and professional educators (plus 50% of all revenues go to them), I’ve found a diverse list of fun, high-interest first grade poems. This list includes poems that can be used to teach different literary skills and concepts. Some poems can even be paired with specific topics students are learning about for a holistic lesson.

21 of the

Best First Grade Poems

”Guess What I Am” Poem

If you are looking to introduce your students to a poem that does not rhyme, this is a good one. “Guess What I Am” is written with short words and phrases using descriptive terms that describe an animal in each verse. First graders will have fun putting the clues together to guess the animal. 

This is a great format for practicing reading fluency. The teacher can model intonation and fluency as a read-aloud, and then students can read it to themselves or a partner. The activity that goes along with the poem requires students to use adjectives to write their own verse. 

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Run, Run, Run”

Written by Judi Eberhardt, this poem uses repetition and rhyme, making it a great text for students to practice reading fluency. Teachers can cover up the second word in a rhyming pair and have students predict the word to see if it makes sense. 

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Five Little Ducks”

“Five Little Ducks” is the perfect poem for first grade learners. The verses are repetitive, which is great for practicing fluency. Students have to count down from 5 ducks in the first verse until there are no ducks left in the pond in the end. The poem comes with a sheet that has a pond and a second sheet with duck cut outs and number cut outs so children can place their ducks in the pond and take them out one by one as they read or sing each verse.  

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In Flanders Fields”

This two line poem by John McCrae is easy for first graders to read, which builds their confidence. It is also a great example to use when teaching how the rules of punctuation and capitalization are different in poetry from other genres of writing. 

After reading together and discussing what the poem means, have students write a second verse of their own. 

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Me”

This timeless classic by Walter de la Mare celebrates the state of just being yourself. The first poem in the Favorite Poems Old and New book listed here, it includes descriptive sensory words to compare being uniquely yourself to that of a tree or flower possessing its own unique characteristics. 

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Pair this poem with the activity “All About The Poet: Me” from Teach Simple’s My Book of Poetry | Young Poets Writing Activity. After reading and discussing the poem “Me,” students can record all the interesting things about themselves on the graphic organizer, then write their own poem based on that information. 

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Halfway Down”

While best known for his stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne also wrote timeless poetry for children. “Halfway Down” describes a child’s favorite spot.  It’s another poem featured in the Favorite Poems Old and New book.

After reading the poem, first graders can think of their own favorite spot that belongs just to them. They can describe the location and how they feel when they are in that special place. 

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My Shadow”

“My Shadow” is a wonderful introduction for first graders to the works of Robert Louis Stevenson that is included in the book A Child’s Book of Poems. The author’s observations of all the silly things his shadow does are humorous and full of whimsy.  

While some of the vocabulary is old-fashioned, this provides an opportunity to discuss the meaning of these words and identify words we use today that mean the same thing. 

Another fun activity is to go outside and let children observe their shadows as they move. Afterwards they can write a poem about their own shadow. 

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The Hungry Giraffe”

“The Hungry Giraffe” is a simple four-line poem by Chris Harris, which is included in the book I’m Just No Good At Rhyming And Other Nonsense, perfect for young readers. Harris takes the word “tomorrow” and changes it to “tomallow” to make it rhyme with the word “swallow.” 

This poem provides the opportunity to talk about nonsense words and how they can be used in some types of poetry. Give students other word pairs and have them change one to make it rhyme with the other. This lets students practice putting letters and sounds together, which increases their knowledge of word families and reading fluency.  

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”The Old Woman Who Lived in Achoo”

This parody of “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” is written as a conversation in which one party is mistaking the phrase “in a shoe” with “in achoo” causing an hilarious conflict in the conversation. 

This poem is found in the book I’m Just No Good At Rhyming And Other Nonsense and can be used in conjunction with a lesson on onomatopoeia, which is the literary technique of using words that sound like sounds, for example “achoo.”

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At the Zoo”

Written by William Makepeace Thackeray, this poem has stood the test of time and is still enjoyed by students today. The last line breaks the rhyming patterns to create a touch of humor. 

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This poem can be used in a lesson about rhyming or with a lesson about zoo animals. To practice fluency, pair it with Teach Simple’s Sight Word Emergent Reader: The Zoo Printable Booklet.  

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5 Currant Buns”

Your students will love this poem because they can incorporate someone’s name as the person who ate the currant bun with each verse. The repetitive verses with rhyming words will help students to begin to identify certain words and strengthen their intonation. 

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Recipe for Balance”

“Recipe for Balance” by Marylin Singer is a good first grade poem for practicing fluency. In this List Poem, each line in the poem starts with the phrase “too much” and ends with a different word. Students will figure out the pattern quickly. 

The poem uses opposites such as “too much slowness, too much rush.” As a class, small group, or in partners, students can create one more verse making their own lists of “too much.”

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The Purple Cow”

This short, silly rhyme will engage first graders as they contemplate the idea of seeing a purple cow. This poem’s short, rhyming words create great practice for struggling as well as advanced readers. 

Let students draw a picture to accompany the poem. Have them rewrite the poem along with their picture to practice both writing and word recognition. .

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Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face”

Jack Prelutsky’s humorous poem asks children to imagine what it would be like if their nose was on a different part of their body. The poem is written in rhyme and uses multiple word families that first graders are learning. 

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This high interest poem is a perfect one for children to read to practice fluency and intonation. Use this Rate A Poem resource which has students share their opinion about a poem and identify its unique qualities, as a supplemental material.

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The Sitter”

This Shel Silverstein poem from the book A Light in the Attic is a timeless favorite of children. Mrs. McTwitter, the babysitter, actually sits on the baby. First graders will recognize that there is a double meaning for the word “sitter.”  

After reading the poem, start a discussion about other words that sound the same but have different meanings. 

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”The Worm”

This silly poem will have your first graders in stitches. The rhyming words lend themselves to practicing fluency and intonation, while descriptive words create imagery. 

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Have students come up with words to describe how a worm feels, smells, moves, and tastes, using one of the graphic organizers from this Sensory Poetry Writing resource as an extension activity after reading the poem. 

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”Strawberry Jamboree”

From Irene Latham’s poetry collection titled Fresh Delicious: Poems from the Farmer’s Market, this poem is composed of four short stanzas that are easy to read for first graders so they can independently practice their fluency and tone.  

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“Change”

“Change” by Charlotte Zolotow from the book Changes is a poem that uses sensory words to describe each of the four seasons. There are five short, simple verses that promote reading fluency and intonation. 

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Pair this poem with a reading comprehension passage titled Four Seasons. Compare the words used to describe the seasons in each poem and have students come up with their own descriptive words.

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”The Great Snail Race”

From the collection A Whiff of Pine, Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems by Deborah Ruddell, this poem uses vivid adjectives to describe the winning snail of the race down to the trail of slime he left behind. 

This poem can be used in conjunction with teaching about sensory words at the first grade level. 

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”Spring”

“Spring” by Raymond Souster is a short, four-line poem in the book Firefly July, using simple words to illustrate the relationship between rain and flowers. This is a good first grade poem because it will build students confidence in their reading skills. 

It also sparks a discussion about cause and effect: it rains, and then the flower grows. It can be used as part of a lesson about seasons or plants. 

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”Sick”

The story of Peggy Ann McKay, who was too sick to go to school until she learns that it is Saturday, will entertain and delight first graders. Written by Shel Silverstein in his book Where the Sidewalk Ends, this rhyming poem is perfect for students who are ready to read longer passages. 

Have your students build fluency by reading the poem aloud in partners or as a choral reading so they can hear themselves and practice tone and inflection. They can help one another identify words they don’t know.  

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How Do You Teach a Poem to a First Grader?

When introducing poetry in first grade, start with short poems with simple, rhyming words so students can use their phonological awareness to successfully read the poems. When they start to get the hang of it, introduce poems that are a little bit longer, like list poems, haikus, and poems that do not use rhyming words. 

Another teaching technique is to write out poems that rhyme on chart paper. Cover up the second word in a rhyming set and let your students figure out the word, using what they know about word families and phonics. 

You can also let students brainstorm sensory words to use in poetry, using graphic organizers from this Sensory Poetry Writing resource to learn how to paint a picture with words. The key to introducing first grade poems is to choose poems that are high interest and relatable to your students. 

About the Author

Kelly Rende has a Masters degree in Special Education. She has been teaching middle school science and STEM courses for 18 years. When not teaching, she can be found writing or on an adventure with her children and dogs.

34 Best Nursery Rhymes for Kids (Lyrics and Activities)

Table of Contents

• 1 Free Nursery Rhymes for Kids
• 2 A Tisket, A Tasket Lyrics
• 3 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics
• 4 Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics
• 5 Hickory Dickory Dock Lyrics
• 6 Humpty Dumpty Lyrics
• 7 I’m a Little Teapot Lyrics
• 8 It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Lyrics
• 9 Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics
• 10 Jack and Jill Lyrics
• 11  Jack Be Nimble Lyrics
• 12 Little Bo Peep Lyrics
• 13 Little Boy Blue Lyrics
• 14 Little Miss Muffet Lyrics
• 15 Mary Had a Little Lamb Lyrics
• 16 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Lyrics
• 17 Polly Put the Kettle On Lyrics
• 18 Rain, Rain Go Away Lyrics
• 19 Row, Row, Row your Boat Lyrics
• 20 Star Light, Star Bright Lyrics
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• 22 The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics
• 23 There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Lyrics
• 24 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lyrics
• 25 Wee Willie Winkle
• 26 A Wise Old Owl Lyrics
• 27 Hot Cross Buns Lyrics
• 28 One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Once I caught a fish alive) Lyrics
• 29 Little Jack Horner Lyrics
• 30 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Lyrics
• 31 Old Mother Hubbard Lyrics
• 32 Pat a Cake Lyrics
• 33 Pease Porridge Hot Lyrics
• 34 Roses are Red Lyrics
• 35 Three Blind Mice Lyrics
• 36 Three Little Kittens Lyrics

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Nursery Rhymes for kids lay the foundation to early language and reading skills. Children who are frequently read and sang to early on, are much more likely to develop strong reading skills.

After using poems to teach kids how to read over the past 17 years, I have found nursery rhymes to be the most effective tool. I’m so excited to share this list of the nursery rhymes for kids with you. They will build vocabulary, fluency, expressive and receptive language, rhyming skills, and expand the kids’ imagination.

Free Nursery Rhymes for Kids

In this blog post, you will find the some of the best nursery rhymes lyrics and suggested activities.  Before you start scrolling, grab your FREE poetry guide with checklists, activities, and printables.

A Tisket, A Tasket Lyrics

A Tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.

I wrote a letter to my friend, and on the way I dropped it. 

I dropped it, I dropped it, 

and on the way I dropped it.

The little boy, he picked it up,

and put it in his pocket. 

A Tisket, A Tasket Suggested Activities:  

• A Tisket, A Tasket Build a Poem activity for in the classroom or at home.
• Have the kiddos write or draw a letter to a friend, then act out the poem.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics

Baa, baa, black sheep

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir

Three bags full.

One for my master

And one for the dame

One for the little boy

Who lives down the lane. 

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Suggested Activities

• Color a sheep template black, then use cotton balls to incorporate a sensory craft
• Estimate how many cotton balls it will take to fill three lunch bags
• Baa, Baa Black Sheep Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics

Hey diddle, diddle,

the cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport,

and the dish ran away with the spoon. 

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Hey Diddle, Diddle Suggested Activities

• Introduce a fiddle, and let the kids have turns acting out the cat’s role
• Paint a picture of a cow jumping over the moon.
• Have a jumping contest
• Do a sight word hunt using the printable Hey Diddle Diddle Poem.
• Hey Diddle Diddle Build a Poem

Hickory Dickory Dock Lyrics

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck two, the mouse said “BOO!”

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck three, the mouse said “WHEE!”

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck four, the mouse said “No more!”

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory Dickory Dock Suggested Activities:

• Use with a Teaching Time kit to integrate lessons about clocks and time.
• Talk about and act out position words: up, down, etc.
• Come up with a list of rhyming words for mouse.
• Hickory Dickory Dock Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Humpty Dumpty Lyrics

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the Kings horses, and all the king’s men,

couldn’t put Humpty together again. 

Humpty Dumpty Suggested Activities

• Grab your FREE Humpty Dumpty Printable and Build a Poem when you sign up to my Little Learning Corner Newsletter, HERE.

Get Humpty Dumpty, HERE or on TPT

I’m a Little Teapot Lyrics

I’m a little teapot short and stout.

Here is my handle, here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up, hear my shout.

Just tip me over, and pour me out!

I’m a Little Teapot Suggested Activities:

• Have a tea party using a kids Tea set
• Integrate lessons on measurement. Compare compacity and weight of a teapot verves a teacup

This printable poem is exclusive to the Poem of the Day Bundle, HERE or on TPT.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Lyrics

It’s raining, it’s pouring.

The old man is snoring.

Went to bed, and bumped his head

and couldn’t get up in the morning.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Suggested Activities:

• Act out the poem (the kids love being the old man who snores
• Integrate a lesson on weather 
• It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain.

And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Suggested Activities:

• Integrate Spider Facts for Kids sentence building activities.
• Use hand movements to reinforce the poem or song.
• Focus on positional words
• Make a paper plate spider craft
• Add the Itsy Bitsy Spider printable poem to the kids’ poetry notebook
• Itsy Bitsy Spider Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Jack and Jill Lyrics

Jack and Jill went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down, and broke his crown,

and Jill came tumbling after.

Jack and Jill Suggested Activities:

• Get a class set of plastic pails, and let the kids act out this popular nursery rhyme for kids.
• Jack and Jill poetry packet
• Jack and Jill Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

 Jack Be Nimble Lyrics

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the candlestick.

Jack jumped high. Jack jumped low. 

Jack jumped over, and burned his toe! 

Jack Be Nimble (Nursery Rhyme for Kids) Suggested Activities:

• Get a cheap candlestick mold and candle making kit to make candles with your kids. (This is great to do with a parent volunteer)
• Let the kids practice jumping over a candlestick while reciting the nursery rhymes for kids.
• Jack Be Nimble Build a Poem – replace the Jack card with the students names to personalize this fun nursery rhyme for kids (see video above)

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Bo Peep Lyrics

This traditional nursery rhyme is one I like to include in my farm themed lesson plans. For example, the introduction of sheep allows for the talk of other farm animals. It’s great a bridge into more mother goose nursery rhymes naturally occurs. For example, you can then teach more English nursery rhymes such as “This Little Piggy”, “Five Little Ducks”, “Three Little Pigs”, “Five Little Speckled Frogs”, “Old MacDonald”, and more popular rhymes.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Bo Peep lost her sheep,

and doesn’t know where to find them.

Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,

bringing their tails behind them.

Little Bo Peep Suggested Activities:

• Grab this set of 3 Sheep stuffed animals to let the kids act out the nursery rhyme for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade.
• Little Bo Peep Build a Poem

Little Boy Blue Lyrics

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn.

The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.

But where’s the boy who looks after the sheep?

He’s under a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him? No – not I.

For if I do, he’s sure to cry.

Little Boy Blue Suggested Activities:

• This a great nursery rhyme for kids to incorporate your favorite farm animal lessons.
• Set up a farm pretend area 
• Little Boy Blue Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Miss Muffet Lyrics

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,

eating her curdy and whey.

Along came a spider who sat down beside her,

and frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Miss Muffet Suggested Activities:

• Do a nursery rhyme for kids comparison with Little Miss Muffet and Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Introduce vocabulary, such as tuffet, curds and whey, and frightened.
• Swap out frightened for another word to describe emotions and act them all out.
• Little Miss Muffet Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Mary Had a Little Lamb Lyrics

Mary had a little lamb,

it’s fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went,

the lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day

and broke the teacher’s rule

And what a time did they have

that day at school.

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Mary Had a Little Lamb Suggested Activities:

• Swap out the name “Mary” for the kids’ names. It’s a great way to personalize nursery rhymes for preschoolers.
• Send home a little lamb stuffed animal with the kids and have them recite the poem to their family. Rotate through all of the kids.
• Mary Had a Little Lamb Build a Poem

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Lyrics

One, two, buckle my shoe.

Three, four, shut the door.

Five, six, pick up sticks.

Seven, eight, lay them straight.

Nine, ten, a big fat hen. 

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

One Two Buckle My Shoe Suggested Activities:

• Work on number word recognition – highlighting the number words in the printable poem.
• Identify the rhyming patterns throughout the nursery rhyme for kids.
• Act out the poem
• Try to come up with new lyrics
• One Two Buckle My Shoe Build a Poem 

Polly Put the Kettle On Lyrics

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

We’ll all have tea.

Sukey, take it off again.

Sukey, take it off again.

Sukey, take it off again.

They’ve all gone away.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Polly Put the Kettle On Suggested Activities:

• Do a compare and contrast with “I’m a Little Teapot”
• Set up a kitchen area with a toy kettle
• Let the kids role play as Polly and Sukey
• Polly Put the Kettle On Build a Poem

Rain, Rain Go Away Lyrics

Rain, rain, go away.

Come again another day.

Little Johnny wants to play.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Rain Rain Go Away Suggested Activities:

• Integrate with your lessons about weather.
• Replace “Johnny” with your kid’s name.
• Rain Rain Go Away Build a Poem

Row, Row, Row your Boat Lyrics

Row, row, row your boat

gently down the stream. 

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

life if but a dream.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Suggested Activities:

• Sink or float activities
• Water table
• Row Row Row Your Boat Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Star Light, Star Bright Lyrics

Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight;

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Star Light, Star Bright Suggested Activities:

• Get a telescope for kids and let them look at the stars
• Integrate this nursery rhyme for kids with your lessons about shapes.  Making Words Shapes and Write the Room Shapes are two popular activities.
• Star Light Star Bright Build a Poem

The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round

all through the town.  

The Wheels on the Bus Suggested Activities:

• Sing with hand motions
• Each kid and be a part of, or people on, the bus (wheels, wipers, babies, mommy, etc) and act out their part.
• The Wheels on the Bus poetry packet

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Some may debate that The Wheels on the Bus is an American Folk song, while others claim it to be a classic Mother Goose song for kids. Either way, it was published in 1939, and remains a popular song for kids of all ages.

This nursery rhyme for kids has variations, changing “wheels” to wipers, kids, babies, bus driver, mommies, daddies, and horn – to name a few.   Each variation has a different hand motion or sound effect, making this a very engaging and interactive song for kids.

There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Lyrics

This fun, classic nursery rhyme, inspires young children to use their imagination. The kids say this is a funny nursery rhyme because how can an old lady actually live in a shoe. They ask questions such as “how many little boys live in the shoe?”, and “Is there a little girl?” While you may want to work on more thorough reading comprehension questions, and focus on learning new words, this is a fun poem for kids of all ages.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. 

She gave them some broth without any bread.

Then, whipped them all soundly, and put them to bed. 

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Suggested Activities:

• Free coloring page of There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
• Practice tying shoes with kids
• There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lyrics

Twinkle twinkle little star,

how I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

like a diamond in the sky. 

Twinkle twinkle little star,

how I wonder what you are.  

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Suggested Activities:

• Put up glow in the dark stars throughout the room
• Work on shape identification: Making Words Shapes and Write the Room shapes are two great resources to learn shapes.
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Wee Willie Winkle

 Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;

Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,

“Are the children in their beds?

Now it’s eight o’clock.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Wee Willie Winkie Suggested Activities

• Have a pajama day with the kids.
• Integrate learning to tell time.
• Have the kids graph when their nap time is.
• Wee Willie Winkie Build a Poem

A Wise Old Owl Lyrics

A wise old owl sat in an oak.

The more he heard,

the less he spoke.

The less he spoke,

the more he heard. 

Why aren’t we all like

that wise old bird? 

A Wise Old Owl Suggested Activities

• A Wise Old Owl Build A Poem
• Make a cute set of Owl Eyes as a STEM project
• Foam Owl Art Crafts

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Hot Cross Buns Lyrics

Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns

If your daughters

Don’t like them,

Give them to your sons.

Hot cross buns.

Hot Cross Buns Suggested Activities

• Hot cross bun taste testing and graph
• Make fresh buns with the kids.
• Play a money game from Learning Resources
• Hot Cross Buns Build a Poem

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Once I caught a fish alive) Lyrics

One, two, three, four, five.

Once I caught a fish alive.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?

Because he bit my finger so.

Which finger did he bite?

This little finger on the right. 

One, Two, Three, Four, Five Suggested Activities | Nursery Rhymes for Kids

• Go fishing for sight words! Put a small magnetic dot on the back of sight word cards, attach a paper clip to a string on the end of dow rod, and fish for sight words.
• One, Two, Three, Four, Five Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Little Jack Horner Lyrics

Little Jack Horner

sat in a corner

eating a Christmas pie.

He put in his thumb

and pulled out a plumb

and said, “What a good boy and I?”

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Little Jack Horner Suggested Activities

• Pie tasting and graphing your favorite pie
• Plumb tasting
• Little Jack Horner Build a Poem

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Lyrics

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells

and cockle shells,

and pretty maids all in a row. 

Get this poem on TPT

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Suggested Activities

• Kids Plant and Flower Growing Kit
• Make paper flower patterns
• Intro to flower facts for kids
• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Build a Poem

Old Mother Hubbard Lyrics

Old Mother Hubbard

went to the cupboard

to get her poor dog a bone.

But when she got there,

the cupboards were bare,

so the poor dog had none.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Old Mother Hubbard Suggested Activities

• Fun printable and digital pet activities
• Sew your own pet craft for kids
• Old Mother Hubbard Build a Poem

Pat a Cake Lyrics

Pat a cake, pat a cake bakers man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a B.

But it in the oven for baby and me.

Pat a Cake Suggested Activities

• Integrate your lesson about community helpers
• Set up a bakery dress-up area with a cake pretend playset.
• This is the perfect song to integrate hand movements and support kinesthetic learners.
• Pat a Cake Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Pease Porridge Hot Lyrics

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.

Pease porridge in the pot

nine days old.

Some like it hot, some like it cold,

Some like it in the pot

nine days old.

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

Pease Porridge Hot Suggested Activities

• Do a nursery rhyme for kids comparison with Little Miss Muffet, and with the fable, Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Pease Porridge Hot Build a Poem

Roses are Red Lyrics

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Sugar is sweet 

and so are you. 

Get this poem HERE or on TPT

It’s the simplest nursery rhymes for kids that often stick out the most!

Roses are Red Suggested Activities

• Do a nature walk and collect wild flowers, then sort them by color or type
• Plant roses
• Roses are Red Build a Poem

Three Blind Mice Lyrics

Three blind mice,

three blind mice,

See how they run,

see how they run.

They all ran after the farmer’s wife

who cut off their tails with a carving knife.

Did you ever see such

a sight in your life,

as three blind mice?

Three Blind Mice Suggested Activities

• Blindfold three students, and have them run a short distance (if there is an open, safe, area)
• Integrate 5 Senses activities
• Three Blind Mice Build a Poem

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

Three Little Kittens Lyrics

Three little kittens,

they lost their mittens,

and they began to cry.

“Oh, mother dear,”

we sadly fear, 

that we have lost our mittens.

Three Little Kittens Suggested Activities

• Incorporate a pretend pet area in the classroom to support these traditional rhymes.
• Read “The Mitten” by Jan Brett
• Do a poem comparison with Three Blind Mice
• Three Little Kittens Build a Poem

Get this printable HERE or on TPT

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Poems for Grade 1 – read a class selection online I’m going A satchel, copybooks, notebooks A bright holiday is walking across the country In September, in September Hello, school year, school! First grade is the first perky bell I have a holiday today Satchel, copybooks, notebooks A watchmaker, nice nice We were preschoolers We were first-graders We go to first grade

The transition from childhood to a new level is the first grade. It is important that learning from the first days becomes a source of joy for the child, and not chronic stress. Kind and funny poems for grade 1 – this is where it is desirable to start acquaintance with the school.
A lot is written about the school. Russian and Soviet classics wrote about her, and even now incredibly talented contemporaries write about her.
These are funny quatrains and plot works. It is important that by offering them to first-graders, we form a positive image of the place where they will study.
And if a child begins to memorize those verses that he chooses himself, you will solve many problems at once. Because poetry is memory, it is a sense of rhythm, it is a sense of the word, it is, finally, a sense of humor!
We offer your first-graders an excellent selection of children’s poems about school: from Russian classics to sparkling modernity.
Learn with pleasure!

Funny poems for first graders

First grader, first grader

First grader, first grader –
Dressed up like a holiday!
Didn’t even go into the puddle:
I looked and passed.

Ears washed to a shine,
Scarlet mushroom on the lid of the satchel,
And he himself is like a fungus –
Looking sideways from under his cap:
Can everyone see?
Does everyone know?
Does everyone sigh with envy?

I am not small now

I am not small now –
I became a first grader.
They gave me a briefcase,
a white shirt.

I’m walking down the street
Hand in hand with my mother.
I won’t let my family down –
I’ll be the smartest one!

I will be in our school
Study well,
Help my friends,
Do not be lazy at home.

Proudly I look at everyone
On this school holiday:
Kids – well, just laugh!
I’m a first grader!

Why is Petya today

Why is Petya today
Woke up ten times?
Because today he is
Entering first grade.

He is no longer just a boy,
And now he is a beginner.
He has a new jacket on
Turn-down collar.

He woke up in a dark night,
It was only three o’clock.
He was terribly frightened,
That the lesson had already begun.

He got dressed in two minutes,
He grabbed a pencil case from the table.
Papa rushed after him,
Caught up with him at the door.

Neighbors stood up behind the wall,
Electricity was lit,
Neighbors got up behind the wall,
And then lay down again.

He woke up the whole apartment,
Could not fall asleep until morning.
Even my grandmother dreamed,
That she was repeating the lesson.

Even grandfather had a dream,
That he was standing at the blackboard
And he could not find the Moskva River on the map
.

Why did Petya
wake up ten times today?
Because today he is
Entering first grade.

I can’t sit at home

I can’t sit at home,
I want to play.
I want to study as soon as possible
And become a first grader.

I ran and I skipped,
I was afraid to be late.
Barely a briefcase under the arm
Mom managed to give.

I will not be lazy,
I will be in time for everything.
I want to learn
Read, write, count.

Life is different now
Will come to me.
Oh, mother dear!
What an adult I am!

Our first very best
Ring, ring, call!
Go home, mothers!
It’s time for us to the lesson!

It is not clear which of us is

It is not clear which of us is
Entering the first grade,
Mom or me –
Novikov Ilya?

Our bouquet is ready.
Who doesn’t sleep because of the flowers?
Who looks a little light:
– Has the bouquet withered?

Mom, not me –
Ilya Novikov.

She told all the strangers:
— We’ll run to school soon!
– Mom, not me –
Ilya Novikov.

Before the first of September
Mom lost her feet:
— Come on, let’s collect books!..
What do we have for breakfast?..

Don’t ask, son!
It is not clear which of us
Enters first grade,
Mom or me –
Ilya Novikov?!

Two bows and all Natasha

Two bows and all Natasha.
Here is a first grader walking
And carrying a big bouquet.

The people are smiling:
— And where is this doll
going so diligently?

Natasha speaks importantly,
She says proud of herself:
— I’m going to school to study,
I’m entering the first grade!

The best poems for the 1st grade for the Day of Knowledge

My little friends

My little friends,
I am the Primer, I am the first book
I want to be friends with you,
I want to live in peace with you.
I came here now
To see you to first class.

Mom and dad bought

Mom and dad bought
I have a lot of notebooks,
So that my daughter is not lazy,
It’s good to study!

I am cheerful, smart,
I have a dress uniform!
“The first grader is good!”
The whole family tells me. ..
Now I’m an adult!

On the road, girls!

On the road, girls!
On the road, boys!
Walk boldly along the ladder of knowledge!
Wonderful meetings and good books
Steps will be on it.

And a song, and a song
It will come in handy on the way.
Learning should be fun!
Let’s study fun,
To study well.

By our ladder you will soon be able to
Reach the inaccessible depth of the sea.
Go underground, climb mountains
And even reach the moon.

The cheerful bell rang,
And you entered for the first time
In a bright and spacious classroom!

What is needed here: Do not be lazy
And study hard,
To know about everything in the world
And get fives.

I’m going in a brand new dress

I’m going in a brand new dress,
I’m wearing a white apron.
Here is a kindergarten, and in that garden
And I recently sang.

Farewell, familiar kindergarten,
Now I have to go to school!
– Polinka! – the kids shout
And wave to me from the garden.

They call:
– Come in now
Our kindergarten is fun!
– No, – I say, – I need to go to class,
I’ll come later, from school.

And everyone congratulates me,
Gathered early in the garden,
After all, from today on,
I will go to school.

Knapsack, copybooks, notebooks

Knapsack, copybooks, notebooks –
Everything has been in order for a long time!
Today is my first time
I’m going to the first class!

I am seven years old,
And I am not happier!
Look what a miracle –
My first-class bouquet!

I have a primer in my briefcase
Both notebooks and a diary!
I’m now really
First-class student!

A bright holiday is walking across the country

A bright holiday is walking across the country:
This is the start of the school year.
Make way, people – a first-grader
He’s coming to us with a briefcase brand new!

Who is in charge in our country today?
First-grader – there is no doubt!
On this big, wonderful holiday of yours
The school says hello to you.
On the road of knowledge you go.
Well, go ahead! Bon Voyage!

In September, in September

In September, in September –
What kind of holiday is in the yard?
These are thousands of boys
The pages of books will open,
These are girl girls,
Our bell heard ringing,
For the very, very first time
The door will be opened to the first class.
Congratulations, congratulations –
And we wish you success.

Hello, school year!

Hello, school year!
Everywhere you, students,
Bell chimes
Praise school bells!

Smiling passer-by,
Seeing the holiday children:
He also studied at school,
Only many years ago.

Everyone involuntarily envy,
Grown-up children,
And the bell is ringing at the school
Noisy festive courtyard.

Hello, school year!
Good luck, students!
Bell chimes
Let them ring, ring the bells!

Poems for the first class, short

First class is the first perky bell

First grade is the first perky bell.
The first class is the first serious lesson.
This is a noisy, joyful break.
Girls know and boys know:
First grade is the first school book!

I have a holiday today

I have a holiday today:
I am a first grader today.
You stayed at home, ball,
Rolled under the bed,
You and I today, so
You won’t have to play.

Woke up early in the morning
Mom and grandmother me.
I’ll put on a knapsack now,
I’ve been waiting for such a day for a long time.
Goodbye, cheerful yard
I’m going to a big school
It’s time for me to take lessons.

Knapsack, copybooks, notebooks

Knapsack, copybooks, notebooks –
Everything has been in order for a long time!
Today is my first time
I’m going to first class!

I am seven years old,
And I am not happier!
Look, what a miracle –
My first-class bouquet!

I have a primer in my briefcase
Both notebooks and a diary!
Now I’m actually
First Class Student!

Watchmaker, nice little one

Watchmaker, nice little one
Fix our alarm clocks.
Those who are admitted to the first class
Need to know what time it is!

We were preschoolers

We were preschoolers,
We went to kindergarten.
We made clay
And horses and rabbits…

We know a little letter,
We learned to count.
We’ll count on our fingers:
One, two, three, four, five…

And now, now
Open the door for us, school!
Give us a present
Painted primers!

We want to learn faster,
Make friends with the primer!
From page to page
We will read it by spring!

We will learn before the summer
Draw, write, count,
And always in all subjects
We will get five!

And now, now
Open the door for us, school!
Welcome us to school:
Hello, we are
First class!

We are first-graders

We are first-graders.
Everyone around is looking after us,
They say: “Charming girls!”
We agree, no doubt.

We proudly walk to school
This sultry September.
And we declare seriously:
We are following science!

Both girls and boys,
Toddlers and strong men,
We carry books in our briefcases,
Pens and pencils.

Wait, dads, moms!
We will grow up a little –
Institute program
We will begin to pass at school.

Wish us good luck
And study with a bang.
Don’t see me off far –
It’s time for us to go to class!

We are entering the first grade

We are entering the first grade,
School is looking forward to us.
We promise not to be lazy,
We will study diligently
We will help our friends,
And adults – listen, respect!

Poems for first-graders? short and easy poems for first-graders, poems for the first class of Russian poets for learning by heart

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Often first graders need to learn a poem for various matinees and school holidays. It can be either a thematic work dedicated to a certain event, or an arbitrary poem.

Contents:

• Short and easy poems for first graders
• Poems for the first class of Russian poets
• Poems for 1st grade memorization
• What other verses are taught in the first grade
• Marshak’s poems for 1st grade students learn by heart
• Poems for expressive reading Grade 1

Below you can see a selection of poems for first-graders, both for expressive reading and for memorization.

Short and easy poems for first graders

Beautiful in soul and very kind

Soul beautiful and very kind,
You are strong in talent and generous in heart.
All your ideas, dreams of beauty,
Lessons, undertakings will not be in vain!
You managed to find the way to the children,
May you have success along the way!

Draw cat

This is nobody’s cat,
She doesn’t have a name.
At the broken window
What kind of life does she have here?

She is cold and damp.
Cat’s paw hurts
And take her to an apartment
My neighbor won’t let me.

Crocodiles

Please don’t slide down the railing
You can get in the teeth of crocodiles!
They lurk on every platform
And everyone who moves out is grabbed by the heels
And dragged to the bottom of the African Nile.
Please don’t slide down the railing!

good news

Have you heard the good news?
I’ll be exactly six soon!
And if a person is six,
And he has notebooks
And there is a satchel, and there is a form,
And counting sticks do not count,
And he tries to read
That means he (or rather, I),
That means he (or rather, I),
He’s going to school!

Poems for the first class of Russian poets

Alexey Pleshcheev “Spring”

The snow is already melting, streams are running,
Spring blew through the window …
The nightingales will soon whistle,
And the forest will be dressed in foliage!

Clear sky azure,
The sun became warmer and brighter,
It’s time for evil blizzards and storms
Again for a long time passed . ..

Irina Tokmakova “Autumn”

Empty birdhouse –
The birds have flown
Leaves on the trees
It also doesn’t fit.

All day today
Everything is flying, flying…
Apparently, also in Africa
They want to fly.

Agniya Barto “Word Game”

Say it louder
The word “thunder”
The word rumbles
Like thunder

Say more quietly:
“Six mice”
And immediately mice
They will rustle.

Say:
“Cuckoo on a bitch” –
You will hear:
“Ku-ku.”

Georgy Ladonshchikov “Winter Joy”

White snow-snow
It burns, it prickles.
Come out buddy
For the neighborhood.

There is a snowball mountain
Powdered
There’s a ski track yesterday
I have laid.

Let’s run with you
To the blue forest
Let’s bring it home
Winter joy.

Athanasius Fet – Mom! look out the window…

Mom! look out the window –
Know that yesterday it was not for nothing that the cat
Washed the nose
There is no dirt, the whole yard is dressed,
Brightened, whitened –
Apparently it’s cold.

Not scratchy, light blue
Frost is hung on the branches –
Just look at you!
Like someone with a beef
Fresh, white, plump cotton
Removed all bushes.

Now there will be no dispute:
For the sled, and uphill
Have fun running!
Really, mom? You won’t refuse
And you might say to yourself:
“Well, hurry up for a walk!”

Poems for memorization for grade 1

A. Borodsky – We built a house

 We built a spacious
Four storey house.
And for all your toys
We will find a place in the house.

There are windows and doors in the house,
The roof is painted...
Toys will live here.
Well they will be here! 

E. Blaginina – Admire the toys!

 I, as a mother, do not love
In a house of chaos.
I'll spread the blanket
Rough and smooth.

For down pillows
I'll put on a muslin.
Admire, toys,
To work for me! 

V. Berestov – Reader

 How good it is to be able to read!
You don't have to go to your mom
No need to shake grandma:
“Read, please! Read!"
You don't have to beg your sister. 
"Well, read another page."
You don't have to call
No need to wait
Can you take -
And read! 

A. Kuznetsova – Girlfriends

 We had a fight with a friend
and sat in the corners.
Very boring without each other!
We need to reconcile.

I didn't offend her
I only held Mishka,
Only with Mishka ran away
And she said, "I won't."

I will go and make peace.
I'll give her a Bear, I'm sorry
I'll give her a doll, I'll give her a tram
And I'll say: "Let's play!" 

Account

One, two, three, four, five…
Maybe it’s better to count?
finish the job and then
You can crawl under the table
You can run
You can sing
You can blow a pipe,
You can chew bagels
You can inflate the balloon.
One, two, three, four, five…

What other verses are taught in the first grade

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Flying, raindrops are flying,
You won’t leave the gate.
Along the wet path
Raw fog creeps.
By the fallen pines
And fiery rowans
Autumn comes and sows
Fragrant mushrooms!

***

The maples are flying faster and faster,
Darker and darker is the low vault of heaven,
Everything is clearer, how the crowns are empty,
All you can hear is how the forest grows numb . ..
And increasingly hiding in the darkness
Sun,
cooled to the ground.

***

This is nobody’s cat,
She doesn’t have a name.
At the broken window
What kind of life does she have here?
She is cold and damp.
Cat’s paw hurts
And take her to an apartment
My neighbor won’t let me.

***
I beg you, do not move down the railing,
You can get in the teeth of crocodiles!
They lurk on every platform
And everyone who moves out is grabbed by the heels
And dragged to the bottom of the African Nile.
Please don’t slide down the railing!

***
Hedgehog ate a sandwich
Open mouth wide
He champed and groaned –
This is how you want to eat!
People are surprised:
So where is the sandwich?
There are no sandwiches in the forest, –
I’m bringing them to the Hedgehog!

***
By the scarlet feathers of the bullfinch
The chill of September is flowing.
In a dry forest, the slumber of pines,
Peace emanates from the fields
Our autumn goes south
Holding onto a string of cranes.

***
Empty birdhouse,
The birds have flown
Leaves on the trees
It also doesn’t fit.
All day today
Everyone is flying, flying …
Apparently, also in Africa
They want to fly.

Marshak’s poems for 1st grade students learn by heart

Samuil Marshak – What Petya was afraid of

Petya is afraid of the dark.
Peter says to mom:
— May I, mother, sleep in the light?
Let the fire burn all night.

Mom answers: — No! —
Click – and turned off the light.

It has become quiet and dark.
A fresh breeze blew through the window.

Petya saw in the dark
Man against the wall.
Turned out at dawn
It’s a jacket and pants.

Sleeves like arms
The jacket moved slightly,
And the pants danced themselves
From the night breeze

Petya saw in the dark
I’m walking with Baba Yaga.
Turned out at dawn
This is a stove with a poker.

This is an oven,
Not a yog
Not a leg
A poker

Petya saw in the dark:
The giant is looking down.
Turned out at dawn
This is an old suitcase.

High – roof scale –
Dad put the suitcase
And two castles shone
Under the moon, like two pupils.

Every time you meet Petya
Children talk to each other:

– This is Petya Ivanov.
He was scared of his pants!

He was afraid of Yaga –
Old rusty poker!

Petya heard in the yard,
How the kids laugh at him.

— No, he said, I am not a coward!
I’m not afraid of the dark!

Since then never Petya
Didn’t go to bed in the light.
Suitcases and pants
Petya is no longer afraid.

And you, other children,
You should not sleep in the light.
In order to see dreams
Lamps are not needed at all!

Samuil Marshak – The House That Jack Built

Here is the house,
that Jack built.

And this is wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

And this is a cheerful tit bird,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

Here is a cat,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

Here is a dog without a tail,
Who pats the cat by the collar,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

And this is a hornless cow,
Kicking an old dog without a tail,
Who pats the cat by the collar,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

And this is an old woman, gray-haired and strict,
Who milks a hornless cow,
Kicked an old dog without a tail,
Who pats the cat by the collar,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

And this is a lazy and fat shepherd,
Who quarrels with a strict cowshed,
Who milks a hornless cow,
Kicked an old dog without a tail,
Who pats the cat by the collar,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

Here are two roosters,
who wake up that shepherd,
Who quarrels with a strict cowshed,
Who milks a hornless cow,
Kicked an old dog without a tail,
Who pats the cat by the collar,
Which scares and catches a tit,
Which often steals wheat,
Which is stored in a dark closet
In the house,
that Jack built.

Samuil Marshak – Quiet Tale

You will read this fairy tale
Quiet, quiet, quiet…

Once upon a time there was a gray hedgehog
And his hedgehog.

Gray hedgehog was very quiet
And the hedgehog too.
And they had a child
Very quiet hedgehog.

The whole family go for a walk
At night along the paths
Hedgehog-father, hedgehog-mother
And a baby hedgehog.

Along the deaf autumn paths
They walk quietly: top-top-top …

The forest people have been sleeping for a long time.
Both the beast and the bird sleep.
But in the darkness, in the silence of the night
Two wolves can’t sleep.

Here they go to rob
Silent step wolves …
They heard their hedgehogs
Raised the needles.

Became round like a ball –
No heads, no legs.
They say:
– Hide your head
Hurry up, cute hedgehog!

Hedgehog cringed, upright
Raised a hundred needles…
The wolf spun around,
Whimmed, jumped.

Paw – sense, teeth – click.
And afraid to bite.
The wolf departed, limping,
The wolf came up.

She spins the hedgehog:
He has a round back.
Where is the neck, belly,
Nose and both ears?..

She began to ride
Ball on the road.
And hedgehogs – father and mother –
Prickly wolf legs.

Hedgehog and hedgehog
Needles, like a Christmas tree.
snarling and trembling,
The wolves are retreating.

Hedgehogs whisper to a hedgehog:
– Don’t move, lie down.
We don’t trust wolves
And don’t trust them!

So we wouldn’t leave soon
Rise up the wolves
Yes heard in the distance
Double shot shot.

The dog barked and fell silent …
The wolf says to the she-wolf:

– Something can’t work for me.
I would also cringe…
I’ll hide, old woman,
Nose and tail under the belly!

And she answered him:
– Throw empty talk!
I don’t have with you
Not a single needle.
The forester will take us alive.
We’d better leave on time!

And they left with their tails between their legs,
Wolf with a she-wolf in the bushes.

The hedgehog will return to the forest house,
Hedgehog and hedgehog.
If you read a fairy tale
Quiet.
Quiet,
Quiet…

Samuil Marshak – Rainbow-arc

Spring sun with rain
Building a rainbow together
seven color semicircle
Of the seven wide arcs.

No sun and rain
Not a single nail
And built in two counts
Celestial Gate.

Rainbow arch
blazed brightly,
Decorated the grass
Bloomed blue.

A rainbow-arc glitters.
Meadows are visible through it.
And beyond the farthest meadow –
A field plowed with a plow.
And beyond the field through the fog –
Only sea-ocean,
Only the sea is blue
With white foam of the surf.

Here from the rainbow gate
A round dance comes to us,
Runs out from under the arch
Brings gifts to the whole earth.

And something is not here!
First leaf and first color
The first mushroom and the first thunder
Rain glittering with silver
The days are growing and the nights are
Whatever the day, it is shorter.

Hey guys, hurry up
Get out, out the door
To fields, forests and parks
Receive your gifts!

Hurry, Hurry
Run out the door
Barefoot on the grass
Walking straight into the sky.

Okay!
Okay!
By the rainbow
By the rainbow
By color
arc
On one leg
Riding down the rainbow
And somersault to the ground!

Samuil Marshak – Who is he

The city came to us once
Mr Flint, overseas visitor.
He was smartly dressed
And he held a cane in his hand.

With a blue flower in the buttonhole,
In a white hat on one side
He traveled around the capital
By car all day long.

Beyond the river in the silence of the outskirts
He asked his companion:
– Sorry, who’s the boss?
Those country villas?

From a car window
Sputnik read the sign
And he said: -In this villa
Resting Komsomol.

Samuil Marshak – Giant

times,
Two,
Three,
Four.
The story begins.
In the one hundred and thirteenth apartment
The giant lives with us.

On the table he builds towers,
Builds a city in five minutes.
Faithful horse and homemade elephant
They live under his table.

Poems for expressive reading Grade 1

***

White snow-snow
It burns, it prickles.
Come out buddy
For the neighborhood.
There is a snowy mountain
Powdered
There’s a ski track yesterday
I have laid.
Let’s run with you
To the blue forest
Let’s bring it home
Winter joy.

***
Now the last snow in the field is melting,
Warm steam rises from the earth
And the blue jar is blooming,
And the cranes call each other.

Young forest, dressed in green smoke,
Warm thunderstorms impatiently waiting;
All springs are warmed by breath,
Everything around loves and sings;

In the morning the sky is clear and transparent,
At night the stars shine so bright;
Why is it so dark in your soul
And why is the heart heavy?

It’s sad for you to live, oh friend, I know
And I understand your sadness
Would you fly away to your native land,
And you don’t feel sorry for the earthly spring…

***
The snow is already melting, streams are running,
Spring blew through the window …
The nightingales will soon whistle,
And the forest will be dressed in foliage!

Clear sky azure,
The sun became warmer and brighter,
It’s time for evil blizzards and storms
Again for a long time passed . ..

***
deer, deer,
You’re still just a child
Thin legs, small horns.
You walk just a little
Take a step and rest.
So mom jumped
Licked the baby
And he goes to caress his mother
Deer, breathe a little.
I’ll go to bed earlier today
Before I turn off the lamp,
But you’re early
Please wake me up.
It’s just a surprise
How easy it is to wake me up!

***

You put jam on the table –
I wake up in an instant
I wake up in an instant
To drink tea with jam.
Long live scented soap,
And a fluffy towel
And tooth powder
And thick scallop!

***

Let’s wash, splash,
Swim, dive, tumble
In a tub, in a trough, in a tub,
In the river, stream, in the ocean –
And in the bath, and in the bath,
Anytime and anywhere –
Eternal glory to water!
How good it is to be able to read!
You don’t have to go to your mom
No need to shake grandma:
– Read, please! Read!
Don’t beg your sister!
– Well, read another page!

***

Don’t call,
No need to wait
Can you take
And read!
Ate forty people
Both cow and bull
And a crooked butcher
And the cart, and the arc,
And a broom, and a poker,
Ate the church, ate the house,
And a forge with a blacksmith,
And then he says:
“My stomach hurts. ”
Cowberry ripens
The days got colder.
And from the bird’s cry
The heart is only sadder.
Flocks of birds fly away
Away, beyond the blue sea.
All the trees are shining
In multi-colored attire.

***

Autumn walks along the alleys,
To visit us, she went into the yard,
Decorated the trees
She turned on the shower and left.
Mixed rain and leaves
Puddles with gurgles sing,
On a birch, a fox coat,
Terrible clouds are floating.

***

Mom is sad…
Maybe she forgot
How to ride in the rain
In his blue coat.
Just like a girl
Drops to the beat laughed loudly.
She needs to be reminded.
Come on, fun and friendly
We put on boots
And we run out into the rain.
One, two, three, four, five
Autumn we go to look for …

***

Outside the window is autumn,
Leaf fall rustles,
The maple has shed all its leaves,
He seems to be sleeping.
And the birch bends
From the crazy wind
The rain is pouring from the clouds,
Summer has gone.
With my kitten
I sit by the window
Watch the call
A trickle from the rain.