Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 4A | Sing a Song of Sixpence 89

[You may wish to explain that other versions of this nursery rhyme have the

blackbird pecking off her nose. Assure students that this does not really

happen in real life; it just makes the poem silly.]

Third Read Using Echo Technique

Directions: I am going to say the first line of “Sing a Song of Sixpence.”

Then you will echo the words.

Note: Be sure to pause after each line so that students can echo.

 Show image 5A-1: Blackbirds

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;

Now wasn’t that a dainty dish

To set before the king?

 Show image 5A-2: King counting and queen eating

The king was in his counting house

Counting out his money;

The queen was in the parlour,

Eating bread and honey.

 Show image 5A-3: Maid

The maid was in the garden,

Hanging out the clothes,

When down came a blackbird

And pecked at her toes!