
6+ years
Public domain
0:000:30
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
- Learning goal
- Early reading practice, rhyme (snow/go, rule/school) and cause-and-effect questions.
- Try this together
- Read the verses aloud together, then underline every rhyming pair.
- Origin
- Poem by Sarah Josepha Hale, 1830
Credits & rights: Text: traditional / public domain. Poem by Sarah Josepha Hale, 1830. Audio: original synthetic placeholder narration generated for this plugin (eSpeak NG); replace with your own recording.