Free Poetry "I Can Read" Notebook Pages
April: The Science of Spring in Songs and Rhymes: Bugs, Butterflies, and the Earth
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The Caterpillar
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry;
Take your walk
To the shady leaf or stalk.
May no toad spy you,
May the little birds pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
Christina Rossetti
Head Thorax Abdomen
(Tune: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes)
Head, thorax, abdomen
Abdomen
Head, thorax, abdomen
Abdomen
Six legs, two wings and compound eyes.
Head, thorax, abdomen
Abdomen
Kindergarten teacher
I Like Bugs
I like bugs.
I like them
On my clothes.
I like them
On my hands
And I like them
on my toes!
Nellie Edge
Hurt No Living Thing
Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.
Christina Rossetti
Ladybug
Ladybug, ladybug,
Don't fly away.
You're good for my garden
Please ladybug–stay.
author unknown
I Love the Earth
(Tune: Eensy weensy spider)
I love the earth
And everything that lives.
I love the plants
And the beauty each one gives.
I love the animals
And the fish at sea.
For I am part of
Mother Earth,
And it's a part of me.
Sharon Mattioli
The Earth Revolves Around the Sun
(To the tune of Ants go Marching)
The earth revolves around the sun
one time, each year.
The earth revolves around the sun
one time, each year.
The earth revolves around the sun
one time, each year, since before I
was one…
And now I'm 6 years old, today!
Nellie Edge
Oviparous
(Tune: Mickey Mouse Song )
There's a word that we have heard and YOU
should learn it too!
Oviparous! Oviparous! They lay eggs for you!
Oviparous…egg layers! Oviparous…egg layers!
It is a word and we have heard it's true,
true, true!
So come along and join this song for all egg
layers too.
Oviparous! Oviparous! They lay eggs for YOU!
Diane Bonica
Metamorphosis
(Tune: Alouette)
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
If you are a caterpillar, you'll become a butterfly.
Caterpillar, butterfly! Caterpillar, butterfly!
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
If you are a tadpole, you'll become a croaking frog.
Tadpole, croaking frog! Tadpole, croaking frog!
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
If you are a kindergartner,
you'll become a first grader.
Kindergartener, first grader!
Kindergartener, first grader!
Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it's a word for change.
Diane Bonica
