Nursery Rhymes · Traditional English nursery rhyme with new bedtime verses
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill climb a hill for water, take a tumble and hurry safely home. The strong rhymes and clear actions make this easy to act out with fingers or toy figures.
The traditional rhyme
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and bumped his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper;
He went to bed to mend his head
With vinegar and brown paper.
More verses for bedtime
Jill found a cloth and cooled the bump,
Then set the kettle humming.
They filled two cups and laughed about
Their rather sudden tumbling.
Next day they took the gentler track
That wound around the hill;
They fetched the water safely home,
Both Jack and careful Jill.
About this story
The actions are simple enough to mime, and the rhyme is finished before a small listener has time to wriggle away.
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Talk about it
When a game goes wrong, get help and take care of one another.
Questions to ask
- What did Jack and Jill fetch?
- What happened on the hill?
- Who helps you after a bump?
Words to know
- pail
- Another word for a bucket.
- crown
- Here, the top of Jack's head.
- caper
- Skip or jump about playfully.
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