Sing a Song of Sixpence

Number words (four and twenty), older vocabulary (dainty, rye) and story retelling.

Sing a Song of Sixpence
6+ years Public domain

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?

Learning goal
Number words (four and twenty), older vocabulary (dainty, rye) and story retelling.
Try this together
Research old coins like the sixpence and count to twenty-four with pretend blackbirds.
Origin
Traditional English nursery rhyme, c. 1744

Credits & rights: Text: traditional / public domain. Traditional English nursery rhyme, c. 1744. Audio: original synthetic placeholder narration generated for this plugin (eSpeak NG); replace with your own recording.

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