Sunday, October 9, 2016

Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies Coloring Index

Samples from this collection of classic nursery rhymes, poems and lullaby coloring pages.
       A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. In North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.
      The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.
      Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).
The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary
 author of a collection of fairy tales and
nursery rhymes. Read more...
       In the early 19th century printed collections of rhymes began to spread to other countries, including Robert Chambers's Popular Rhymes of Scotland (1826) and in the United States, Mother Goose's Melodies (1833). From this period we sometimes know the origins and authors of rhymes—for instance, in "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" which combines the melody of an 18th-century French tune "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" with a 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor entitled "The Star" used as lyrics.
      There have been several attempts, across the world, to revise nursery rhymes (along with fairy tales and popular songs). Even in the late 18th century we can sometimes see how rhymes like "Little Robin Redbreast" were cleaned up for a young audience. In the late 19th century the major concern seems to have been violence and crime, which led leading children's publishers in the United States like Jacob Abbot and Samuel Goodrich to 'improve' Mother Goose rhymes.
      It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music aid in a child's development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which aid mathematics skills.
       I have restored the following illustrations and simplified some of them for little ones to color. I will include the nursery rhymes along with the coloring pages so that parents or teachers may read or sing the words aloud to their children as they color. Please read and agree to the Terms of Use before downloading, printing and coloring these resources.
  1. Watch Mother Goose Fly!
  2. Color Little Miss Muffet and The Spider
  3. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
  4. The Gingham Dog and Calico Cat Still in A Spat!
  5. Little Jack Horner Character Coloring Page
  6. Little Mary Quite Contrary Coloring Page
  7. Casting Nets In the Land of Nod 
  8. Old Mother Hubbard and Her Poor Dog
  9. Handy Spandy Jack-a-Dandy!
  10. A Misty Moisty Morning Coloring Page
  11. "J is for Jack and Jill" alphabet coloring page
  12. Jack Sprat and His Wife 
  13. "There was a crooked man..." coloring page
  14. Hey Diddle Diddle!
  15. Old Mother Hubbard 
  16. "P is for pumpkin pies for sale" alphabet coloring page
  17. Color Old Mother Goose
  18. Color Peter, The Pumpkin Eater 
  19. Humpty Dumpty Coloring Sheets
  20. Color Little King Boggen 
  21. Color "Three Wise Men of Gotham" three pages 
  22. "I had a little hen..." coloring page
  23. "Ring around the roses, a pocket full of posies
  24. Color a Thought by Robert Lewis Stevenson 
  25. Another Jack and Jill coloring page
  26. Three Little Kittens Coloring Page 
  27. Color Three Ships by Walter Crane
  28. Color "Hot Cross Buns" by Walter Crane
  29. Color Mistress Mary by Walter Crane
  30. "I have a little sister..." coloring page
  31. Color the little boy and his hobby horse
  32. Color a crooked man and a crooked stile...
  33. Color The Man of Thessaly
  34. Color this baby's Good Night
  35. Mother is singing "Rock-a-bye Baby"
  36. She's dreaming of Mother Goose 
  37. "Little Tom Tucker" coloring page
  38. Pat-a-cake coloring page 
  39. The Queen of Hearts 
  40. "Old King Cole" nursery rhyme
  41. "Barber Shave a Pig" coloring page
  42. "A Dog and A Cat" Rhyme to Color 
  43. Color Good King Arthur
  44. Color Cock-a-doodle-doo! 
  45. Punch and Judy coloring and rhyme
  46. "Pretty Little Girl in A Round-Eared Cap" coloring page  
  47. Color Mary and her little lamb...
  48. Color the Rhyme "Bye Bye Baby Bunting" 
  49. Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat Rhyme and Color
  50. Color Humpty Dumpty and Read his rhyme... 
  51. Color Diddle, Diddle Dumplin 
  52. Little Bo-Peep coloring page...
  53. Color Goosey Gander...
  54. Little Betty Blue coloring page...
  55. Color Three Wise Men of Gotham
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