A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood

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When actions are added to a song or nursery rhyme, this also helps support young children with their physical development, helping strengthen their all-important gross motor and fine motor skills. Mother Goose Club is a series of educational programs for preschoolers featuring six colorful characters from the Mother Goose world. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross – In this nursery rhyme, the narrator describes a fine lady or an old man who is riding on a cock-horse.

was a baby shark swimming, and an octopus swimming, and a turtle swimming, and a jellyfish swimming, and a seahorse swimming in the sea sea sea. While saying "sea", aquatic waves are mimed with the hand; while saying "see", the hand is brought to the eye to mime a "seeing" gesture. A sailor went to sea, sea, sea To see what she could see, see, see, But all that she could see, see, see, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea. Mama Lisa’s Christmas Around The World is a celebration of the diversity and love with which many different cultures mark this joyful time of year. An up and down hand movement is made when the word 'sea' is sung, as this represents the movements made by the waves in the ocean.Singing nursery rhymes with young children is a great way of supporting their language skills and increasing their developing vocabulary. On every "Sea, sea, sea": Put your right hand up to your forehead, over your eyes, like you're looking - 3 times. A Sailor Went to Sea is a traditional nursery rhyme and is often sung with an accompanying action, such as skipping or clapping. On every "Chop, chop, chop": Put one hand out like an ax and "chop" inside the elbow of your other arm - 3 times. The protagonists sing the song multiple times while constructing a boat and during fantasy sequences.

And while singing about the sailor’s adventures, we also learn the names of some very cool sea creatures. So, the first three lines of the stanza are in iambic tetrameter and the last line is in iambic pentameter. With our brilliant A Sailor Went to Sea nursery rhyme PowerPoint, your class can learn the words to this classic song whilst they enjoy a fun sing-a-long! There are several different versions of this clapping rhyme, but below below you will find the most common version. All include links to web pages where you can listen to recordings, hear the tune or watch a video performance.More or less, there is an involvement of the hands and other body parts such as knees, toes, elbows, shoulders, etc.