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Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success
Sing songs that play with rhyme
This Old Man
This old man, he played one. He played knick-knack on his thumb.
Refrain
With a knick-knack, paddy-wack, give your dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.
2nd verse: This old man, he played two. He played knick-knack on his shoe.
3rd verse: This old man, he played three. He played knick-knack on his knee.
4th verse: This old man, he played four. He played knick-knack on his door.
5th verse: This old man, he played five. He played knick-knack on his hive.
6th verse: This old man, he played six. He played knick-knack on his sticks.
7th verse: This old man, he played seven. He played knick-knack up to heaven.
8th verse: This old man, he played eight. He played knick-knack on his gate.
9th verse: This old man, he played nine. He played knick-knack on his spine.
10th verse: This old man, he played ten. He played knick-knack once again.