Nursery Rhymes · Traditional English nursery rhyme with new bedtime verses
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
A friendly black sheep has three full bags of wool to share. The animal sound, simple question and counting pattern turn this old rhyme into an easy call-and-response for very young children.
The traditional rhyme
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little child
Who lives down the lane.
More verses for bedtime
The sheep shook her fleece
In the soft evening light,
Then followed the lane
As the moon rose bright.
She curled by the barn
On a warm bed of hay,
And dreamed of green meadows
Till morning was grey.
About this story
A sheep noise, a question to answer and three things to count give a restless toddler a job on every line.
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Talk about it
There is enough to share when everyone receives a part.
Questions to ask
- What sound does the sheep make?
- How many bags are full?
- What feels soft like wool?
Words to know
- wool
- The soft fleece that grows on a sheep.
- dame
- An old word for a woman.
- lane
- A small country road.
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