Nellie Edge Read and Sing Big Books
for Independent Readers |
Down by the
Bay
Five Little Pumpkins
Five Speckled Frogs
Magic Penny
My Aunt Came Back
Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go
One Elephant Went Out to Play
Over in the Meadow
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Peanut Butter and Jelly
Sing A Rainbow
The Wheels on the Bus
Songs & Rhymes for a Rainy Day
Miss Mary Mack
Playmate
Six Little Ducks
It's a Very Good Day
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Down by the Bay
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This favorite folk song for children of all ages, with amusing
verses in a repetitive pattern, encourages children to borrow the
author's pattern and create their own verses. "Did you ever
see a goose kissing a moose..." Traditional. |
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Five Little Pumpkins
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate/The first one
said..." Children enjoy oral reading and dramatizing this
seasonal favorite. What an effortless way to reinforce the
concept of ordinal numbers. Traditional. |
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Five Little Speckled Frogs
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This familiar counting song provides a context for developing both
language and math concepts. Children will delight in acting out
this song. Traditional. |
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Magic Penny
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This well-loved song by Malvina Reynolds deserves
a place in every classroom. The message is "Love is something if you
give it away/You end up having more." Traditional.
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My Aunt Came Back
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This rhyme encourages active involvement by even the most
reluctant reader. Motivation is high to re-read and create
personal versions after participation with this story line.
Traditional.
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Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"...We'll catch a fox and put him in a box
and then we'll let him go." This rollicking folk song makes an
engaging Big Book. Children's innovations on the text can easily
become material for a class-made Big Book. Traditional.
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One Elephant Went Out To Play
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"...Up on a spider's web one day."
This playful folk song begs for creative dramatization while the children
joyfully read and re-read the cumulative text. Traditional.
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Over In The Meadow
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun..." So
begins the language of this memorable folk song, combining predictable
lyrics with animals found in the meadow. "So they dug and
were glad in the sand in the sun." Traditional.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"Peanut, peanut butter...Jelly" Children
love to perform this traditional childhood chant. The action refrain
encourages expressive oral reading. Adapted by Nellie Edge.
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Sing A Rainbow
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
A lovely contemporary song for all children that provides an ideal
way to reinforce and explore the world of colors. Words and
music by Arthur Hamilton.
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The Wheels On The Bus
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This engaging song invites children to "climb
aboard" for a movement and musical adventure with delightful
characters. This well-known children's song is a reading
favorite. Traditional.
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Songs And Rhymes For A Rainy Day
Black and White Book
The poetry and imagery of rain in this Nellie Edge collection of
both familiar and new songs and rhymes provide a delightful reading
experience suitable for oral presentations and integrative thematic
rain studies. Includes eight enlarged texts and eight identical
8 1/2" X 11" black-line masters for the child's collection.
Traditional.
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Miss Mary Mack
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in
black, black, black...". So begins this delightful traditional
street chant made popular by folk singer Ella Jenkins. It invites
children to hand-jive or clap to the strong rhythm and is sure to become a
favorite. Sing and read it as an echo and invite active
participation.
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Playmate
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"Say, say, oh, playmate, come out and play with
me...". Our mothers and grandmothers will remember
hand-jiving to this endearing song. It is a joyful favorite that
invites children to make up their own variations and clap, sway, or
move to the rhythm.
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Six Little Ducks
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
This traditional song has long remained a childhood
favorite. Children love to sing the words, act them out, and
read the book again and again. "But the one little duck with the
feather on his back..., he led the others with is Quack, Quack,
Quack!"
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It's a Very Good Day
Black and White Book
(Includes 1 Reproducible Little Book Master)
"It's a very good day for playing in the
rain..." This adaptable, upbeat song by Tom Hunter invites children
to sing about the day. The repetition of phrases makes it easy for
students to "own the song" and adapt the verses to suit their own needs.
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