“Do you know the muffin man?” Children have sung this simple question for over 200 years. The Muffin Man started as a traditional English nursery rhyme in the 1800s. Street vendors called muffin men ...

Nursery rhymes are short and simple songs or poems made for young children. They use easy words, repeating lines, and fun sounds to help kids learn language and enjoy music. Many nursery rhymes tell ...

The tune of a popular nursery rhyme can be used to help children remember the six-step hand hygiene technique recommended by the World Health Organization, according to an article in the BMJ. The tune ...

We explore the origins, history and lyrics of one of the most popular children’s songs in the English-speaking world. Humpy Dumpty sat on the wall is one of the nation’s most enduringly popular ...

We explore the origins and intriguing history behind the popular children’s nursery rhyme. The Grand Old Duke of York is an English nursery rhyme with accompanying actions. It tells of a duke marching ...

We’ve even acted out the lyrics, folding our hands, and bending our arms, to look like an actual teapot. “I’m a Little Teapot,” which as you can see from the above lyrics, is all about a tea kettle ...

It’s a patriotic song—indeed, it’s the official state anthem of Connecticut—and it’s a song that brings a smile to our faces, singing of features in caps and macaroni. But what does it all mean? To ...

Early versions of the rhyme included the words ‘bloody’ and ‘blooming’—and sometimes didn’t feature a spider at all. ByM/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (spider), VladSt/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty ...