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Innovating on the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat – #readilearn

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Innovating on familiar nursery rhymes and songs is an easy and fun way to encourage children to think creatively, to develop their writing skills and extend their vocabularies. There are many ways in which Row, Row, Row Your Boat can be used for these purposes. In this post, I share just some of them.

Rhyming words

stream/dream

What other words rhyme with stream and dream? List them.

beam, cream, gleam, meme, ream, seem, team

row

What other words rhyme with row? List them.

bow, blow, crow, dough, flow, go, hoe, Joe, know, low, mow, so, slow, show, tow, though, woe

Synonyms and alternatives

Substitute synonyms or other words to sing or write new versions.

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24 responses to “Innovating on the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat – #readilearn”

  1. Jacqui Murray Avatar
    Jacqui Murray

    Very clever. A step beyond simply using the music. I’ll check out the rest of the article.

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Thank you, Jacqui.

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  3. Marsha Avatar
    Marsha

    What a cute idea, Norah. That picture is so cute, too. 🙂

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Thank you, Marsha. I thought the illustrations were cute too – done by WhimsyClips.com. 🙂

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      1. Marsha Avatar
        Marsha

        I’ve never heard of Whimsy Clips, but then I’m not writing children’s books any more. With adorable illustrations like that, maybe I should. I love your ideas.

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        1. Norah Avatar
          Norah

          Whimsy Clips – an artist who sells her work on Teachers Pay Teachers. I buy the clip art to use and attribute it when I do. https://www.whimsyclips.com/

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          1. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Nice! It’s good to know about. I am not an artist. If you write children’s book, artwork is essential – even more than photography.

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            1. Norah Avatar
              Norah

              It sure is.

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  4. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    Making important learning fun!

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Definitely, Jennie. As do you. 🙂 Fun and meaningful.

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      1. Jennie Avatar
        Jennie

        😀

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  5. Miriam Hurdle Avatar
    Miriam Hurdle

    I’ve seen some new stanzas of this nursery rhyme, Norah. Your idea is brilliant. 🙂

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Thank you, Miriam. I’m you like the ideas – great for grandchildren too. 🙂

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      1. Miriam Hurdle Avatar
        Miriam Hurdle

        Autumn loves music. She is now into songs. Her recent favorites are the songs in the animated movie Frozen. 🙂

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        1. Norah Avatar
          Norah

          There are some great songs in that movie. They are fun to sing along to.

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      2. Miriam Hurdle Avatar
        Miriam Hurdle

        She asked her dad to play the music in the car. She didn’t want to get out of the car until the entire song is over. That’s the way I listen to music – all the way to the last note! 🙂

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        1. Norah Avatar
          Norah

          That’s a good way to do it. 🙂

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  6. Msdedeng Avatar
    Msdedeng

    The illustrations makes it even better. I love that rhyme 🙂

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      Norah

      They are cute illustrations, aren’t they? Done by WhimsyClips.com. It is a fun rhyme – good for acting out the actions too. 🙂

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  7. Pastor Cathy Avatar
    Pastor Cathy

    Also physical therapy and daily exercises could be done as humming the tune,,, rowing exercises instead of arms at the desks or laptop.

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Great ideas. Thanks for the suggestions. 🙂

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  8. petespringerauthor Avatar
    petespringerauthor

    I can see kids totally having fun by substituting words and creating their own version.

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    1. Norah Avatar
      Norah

      Thank you, Pete. Yes, it is lots of fun.

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