The rain fell against the house on {Street Address}. "We can't play outside; it's just too wet," sighed {First Name or Nickname}. "It's too wet and gray for {Friend(s)} to come over." A rhyme came to mind, and this gave {First Name or Nickname} an idea for a new game.

Rain, rain go away,
come again some other day.
For {First Name or Nickname}, {Friend(s)}, it's just too wet to play today.

"This is fun!" {First Name or Nickname} said. She quickly tried another rhyme.

Hey, diddle, diddle!
{First Name or Nickname} played the fiddle.
{Friend(s)} jumped over the moon.
{First Name or Nickname} laughed to see such a sport, and {Friend(s)} ran away with the spoon.

"That was pretty good," {First Name or Nickname} said. "Here's another one."

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.
Bake {First Name or Nickname} a cake
and a gingerbread man.
Put it in the oven, so fluffy and light,
then serve it to {First Name or Nickname}, {Friend(s)} tonight.

{First Name or Nickname} laughed out loud when she thought of this one.

{First Name or Nickname} wondered what she could do with "Jack be nimble."

{First Name or Nickname} Be Nimble, {First Name or Nickname} be quick,
{First Name or Nickname} jumped over the candlestick.
{First Name or Nickname} jumped so high
she touched the sky,
and didn't get back
'til the Fourth of July.

{First Name or Nickname} remembered she had heard this one in school one day.

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
and doesn't know where to find them.
"Leave them alone," {First Name or Nickname} said
on the phone,
"and I'll travel close behind them."

Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and off did trot,
careful not to stray.
But there sat Jill so sad and still,
so then {First Name or Nickname} said, "Let's play!"

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
That's what little girls are made of.

{First Name or Nickname} giggled when she thought of this one.

What are little boys made of?
Snakes and snails and
puppy dog tails.
That's what little boys are made of.

{First Name or Nickname} really giggled when she thought of this one.

Thirty days have September, April,
June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
excepting February alone;
{First Name or Nickname} sees twenty-eight days there,
and {First Name or Nickname} sees twenty-nine
each leap year.

"This is getting too easy," said {First Name or Nickname}.
"I'll try a harder one."

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
eating her curds and whey.
Before a big spider could sit down
beside her, {First Name or Nickname} stood bold
with a big stick to hold,
and she frightened the spider away.

It only took a moment for {First Name or Nickname} to come up with a new rhyme.

Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's
men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
Then along came {First Name or Nickname} with
her tape, and her glue,
and put back the pieces as good as new.

Hickory, dickory, dock!
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran down,
and followed {First Name or Nickname} into town.
Hickory, dickory, dock!

{First Name or Nickname} had trouble with the next rhyme. "Try adding your name to this one," {First Name or Nickname} said.

{First Name or Nickname} thought of this clever rhyme for "Three Men in a Tub."

Rub-a-dub dub,
three men in a tub.
Who do you think they could be?
The barber, the baker, and the candlestick
maker, all floating in the sea.
{Friend(s)} couldn't believe all of the fish that they retrieved,
until {First Name or Nickname} pulled out three.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how {First Name or Nickname} wonders where you are.
Up above {First Name or Nickname}'s world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Your bright and shining little spark,
makes {First Name or Nickname} happy as a lark.
Glowing brightly near and far,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.