Is this black kitty yours, Alice?
No, that is Baby’s kitty Mink.
See how white my kitty Dot is.
She has not a spot on her.
Can Dot catch rats, Alice?
No, she is too little to catch rats.
But Dot did catch a little bat.
She saw the bat and ran to catch it.
A rat saw Dot, and ran.
Did Dot catch the rat, Alice?
No, but she saw it jump and run.
Then I saw it run and hide.
PHONIC JINGLES
To be read by teacher and sung by pupils.
| Phonic Drill | ||
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1. The Kitty-cat | cat |
| Sat on a mat. | mat | |
| She saw a bat. | bat | |
| She said, “What’s that? | that | |
| Ah, that’s a rat! | rat | |
| Pit-pitty-pat!” | pat | |
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2. The little rat, | rat |
| So sleek and fat, | fat | |
| Who quiet sat | sat | |
| Behind a hat, | hat | |
| Ran “Pitty-pat” | pat | |
| From Kitty-cat. | cat |
M. S. Willis.
[[Listen]
1. The kit-ty-cat Sat on a mat. She
saw a bat. Said she, “What’s that? Ah, that’s a rat! Ah,
that’s a rat!” “Pit pit-ty pat, Pit pit-ty pat.”
I like rabbits, Max.
I have a white rabbit.
His name is Bun.
Come and see my rabbit, Max.
See how white he is.
Bun has not a spot on him.
Do rabbits like apples, Frank?
Yes, I will give Bun an apple.
Bun, Bun, Bun! Here is an apple.
Apples! Apples! See the apples, Bun.
Jump, Bun. Jump for the apple.
He will not jump for the apple.
Can you catch him, Frank?
Yes, you can catch him, too, Max.
I will give him an apple, Frank.
Then I will catch him.
Now I have him, Frank.
How white he is!
My rabbit runs away, Max.
I can not keep him at home.
I will make a pen for him.
Then we can keep him here.
Can you make a pen, Frank?
Yes, I can make a pen for Bun.
| Apples A | apples a |
What is that, Frank?
This is a pen for Bun, Alice.
You see he runs away.
Now I can keep him in this pen.
Yes, you can, Frank.
Make a little bed for Dot, Frank.
You and Max can make it.
Yes, I will make the bed, Alice.
Will Dot sleep in a bed, Alice?
Yes, she will sleep in a doll bed.
I will make her sleep in it.
Oh, kitty, kitty, what a black spot!
Where did you get this spot, kitty?
How did you get it?
See this black spot on Dot, Baby.
Alice can not keep her white.
Did you see Dot’s little bed, Baby?
She has a little bed now.
Here is the little bed.
Dot will sleep in the little bed.
Alice will make her sleep in it.
Come, get into your bed now, Dot.
Frank said, “Bun runs away.
We will make a pen for him, Max.”
Did you see Frank and Max catch Bun?
They can keep Bun in the pen now.
Did you see the little bed for Dot?
Did you see Frank and Max make it?
They can make little beds.
Frank said, “Will Dot sleep in a bed?”
Alice said, “Yes, she will sleep in it.
I will make her sleep in a doll bed.”
Grace saw a black spot on Dot.
She said, “Look at this black spot!
Where did you get this spot, kitty?
Alice can not keep you white.
Come and get into your bed, Dot.”
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | ||
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1. Oh, dear me, Dot, | Dot |
| Is this not | not | |
| A black spot | spot | |
| You have got? | got | |
| Tell me, Dot. | Dot | |
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2. I love you, Dot. | Dot |
| Do I not, | not | |
| Little tot? | tot | |
| Here’s your cot. | cot | |
| Good-by, Dot. | Dot |
M. S. Willis.
[[Listen]
1. Oh, dear me! Dot, Is this not A black
spot you have got? Tell me, Dot, tell me, Dot.
Mother, may we go with Father?
Where is your father going, Frank?
He is going to town, Mother.
May Max and I go with Father?
Yes, you and Max may go.
May Grace and Alice go, Mother?
Yes, they may go with you.
Where is Baby, Mother?
Let Baby go with us, Mother.
Oh no, Frank, I can not let her go.
I will keep Baby here with me.
Where are you going, Frank?
I am going to the barn, Max.
Come and go with me.
We will get the horses for Father.
Father is going to town.
Mother says we may go with him.
Oh, I am glad we are going, Frank.
Are Grace and Alice going with us?
Yes, Mother says they may go, too.
Is Baby going, Frank?
No, Mother will not let Baby go.
She will keep Baby with her.
Now let us run to the barn.
Let us catch the horses for Father.
I catch a horse with an apple.
Max, come look at the red oxen.
Oh, how big the red oxen are!
See how they can pull.
Oxen can pull like horses.
Can the oxen run, Frank?
Yes, Max, oxen can run.
But oxen do not like to run.
They like to walk.
I do not like to drive oxen.
I like to drive horses.
Father will show you how to drive, Max.
He will let you drive the horses.
Did you see the children?
They were going through the woods.
They like the pretty woods.
The boys like to drive the horses.
Frank’s father has big horses.
Did you see the big horses?
Do you know how to drive?
Father lets Frank drive the horses.
He lets Max drive the horses, too.
Father knows how to drive the oxen.
Frank said, “Look at the big, red oxen.
Oxen can pull like horses.
But they can not run like horses.”
| Oxen O | oxen o |
Father said, “Do you hear the birds?
Do you hear them sing, Max?
Look for them, as we drive.
Tell me where you see them.
Tell me what you see them doing.
Tell me how they look.
Look up in the trees, Max.
The birds are over us in the trees.”
“You must know the birds, Max.
You must know how they look.
You must know how they sing.
I hear a bird now, children.
Do you know what bird it is?
Do you hear it, Frank?
It is not singing. What is it doing?”
I see the bird up in an apple tree.
Do you see it?
How pretty it is!
Its head is red.
It taps on the tree.
Do you hear it?
“Tap! tap! tap!”
I see the bird with the red head.
There is sap in the tree.
The bird likes the sap in the tree.
It is getting the sap now.
It taps on the tree.
It does this to get the sap.
How does the bird get the sap?
It makes a little hole in the tree, Max.
M. S. Willis.
Lively.
[[Listen]
Ho! Red-cap! Lit-tle chap, Go “Tip-tap” With a rap;
Make a gap, Sip the sap, Fly “flip-flap.”
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | ||
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Ho! Red-cap! | cap |
| Little chap, | chap | |
| Go “Tip-tap” | tap | |
| With a rap. | rap | |
| Make a gap, | gap | |
| Sip the sap, | sap | |
| Fly “flip-flap.” | flap |
- nap
- map
- lap
- clap
- sip
- lip
- flip
- slip
- tip
- rip
- trip
- skip
- hip
- chip
- whip
- ship
We are going to school, Max.
I am glad you are going with us.
I like to go to school.
I like to write in school. Do you?
Yes, I like to write, Frank.
Is your school in town?
No, we do not go to school in town.
This is the way we go to school.
You see we go through the woods.
We see the birds on the way to school.
We hear the birds sing.
We find the birds’ nests.
We look at the nests.
I will show you the birds’ nests.
Then we will go away.
Come, Alice. Come, Grace.
We are going home now, Max.
Which way are you going, Frank?
We did not come this way.
We came another way, Max.
That way was through the woods.
Did you like the school, Max?
Yes, Frank, I like your school.
I do not like to go to school in town.
I like to go to this school.
I see another bird.
Here it comes.
It comes, hop, hop.
See how it hops.
What a little bird!
Its head is not red.
Its head is black.
I hear it saying, “Quit, quit!”
Now it is singing, “Chick-a-dee-dee!”
It is the chickadee you hear singing.
I see the chickadee now, Max.
The chickadee has another name.
Tomtit is another name for chickadee.
Tomtit is saying, “Quit, quit.”
What are they doing to you, Tomtit?
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | |
| 1. I wonder who hit | hit |
| That little Tomtit. | Tom tit |
| He said, “Quit, quit, quit!” | quit |
| 2. Why do you not sit | sit |
| Where you are, Tomtit? | Tom tit |
| You wee, saucy chit! | chit |
| 3. And now that you’ve lit, | lit |
| Tomtit, do not flit, | flit |
| But sing us a bit. | bit |
M. S. Willis.
Lively.
[[Listen]
4. “Twit-twit-ter! Twit-twit!” Sang lit-tle
Tom-tit. Then, “Chick-a-dee-dee!”
I see Father at the barn.
He has the horses.
The horses are glad to be at home.
The horses and cows live at the barn.
It is home for them.
The pigs sleep here, too, Max.
We keep the little pigs in a pen.
Come this way and see the pigs.
Alice has a greedy, greedy little pig.
I have a pig too.
| It I | it i |
Here is Piggie Wee.
Here is Piggie Wig.
Piggie Wee is Alice’s pig.
Piggie Wig is my pig.
Which is Piggie Wee?
Which is Piggie Wig?
Can you tell, Frank?
Yes, I can tell.
I can tell which is Piggie Wig.
I can tell which is Piggie Wee.
Piggie Wig has a curly tail.
Look at his curly tail, Max.
But Piggie Wee’s tail is not curly.
See how Piggie Wig jumps and dances.
Greedy Piggie Wee goes to bed.
I know the pigs now, Frank.
Your pig has the funny, curly tail.
Alice’s greedy pig says, “Wee! Wee!”
I like your little, greedy pig, Alice.
I like your pig, too, Frank.
I like its curly tail.
I know a funny rime, Max.
It is about little Piggie Wig.
Grace and I write rimes, Max.
We write funny rimes at school.
Mother writes rimes for Alice.
Father writes funny rimes for her.
Father writes funny rimes for us, too.
| Write Wr | write wr |
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | ||
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1. I saw a little pig | pig |
| In a curly wig, | wig | |
| A-dancing a jig. | jig | |
| ’Twas little Piggie Wig. | Wig | |
| Jolly little pig! | pig | |
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2. Dressed in this funny rig, | rig |
| He rode in a gig, | gig | |
| Till he grew so big, | big | |
| He had to root and dig. | dig | |
| Hungry little pig! | pig |
M. S. Willis.
Spirited.
[[Listen]
1. I saw a lit-tle pig In a cur-ly wig, A-danc-ing a
jig; ’Twas lit-tle Pig-gie-wig, Jol-ly lit-tle pig!’Twas
lit-tle Pig-gie-wig, Jol-ly lit-tle pig!
Let us go to the pond, Max.
Where is the pond, Frank?
It is over in the woods.
It is a pretty pond.
It is away under the big trees.
Where are Alice and Grace, Frank?
Will they go with us?
Yes, they will go to the pond.
Alice goes to the pond for violets.
We find violets there in the woods.
We get violets for Mother.
Alice! We are going after violets.
Come and go with us.
We are going over to the pond.
Let Lad come with you, Alice.
What a pretty day it is, Grace!
And what a pretty pond this is!
Look at the ducks in the water!
See that big duck with the curly tail!
Yes, they are here all day in the water.
They make nests here at the pond.
Do all the ducks lay here, Grace?
No, I have ducks at the barn.
They lay at the barn.
That is where they live.
A big brook runs into this pond.
The brook runs through the woods.
The violets bloom at the brook.
They bloom under the big trees.
The cows come to the brook.
The sheep and lambs come too.
They like the water in the brook.
Do you see where Alice is?
She is going away up the brook.
She finds the violets that bloom there.
She finds the violets under the big trees.
Can you hear what Alice says to us?
She says, “Violets! Violets!
Come see the violets!”
| Violets V | violets v |
Look at the ducks in the woods.
They are the ducks that live at the barn.
I see my black hen with them.
She has all of her children.
The duck and chicks are Jet’s children.
Don’t you see them running about?
That little duck’s name is Ducky Bet.
Let us go where they are, Max.
How came you here, Mother Jet?
Where are your children going?
The ducks are going to the pond.
Jet does not know where they are going.
Ducky Bet knows where they are going.
The ducks will get into the water.
Ducky Bet may go into the water, too.
She is running after the other ducks.
Let us go back to the pond, Max.
Alice! Alice! Come and look at Jet!
She is running after Ducky Bet.
Bet is running after the other ducks.
Jet says, “Cluck, cluck, cluck!
Come back, baby duck, duck, duck!”
The other ducks say, “Quack, quack!
Ducky Bet, go back, back, back!”
There! Ducky Bet is in the water.
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | ||
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1. “It’s not sunset,” | set |
| Said Ducky Bet | Bet | |
| To Mother Jet. | Jet | |
| “These ducks I’ve met, | met | |
| I can not let | let | |
| Them leave me yet.” | yet | |
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2. Then Mother Jet | Jet |
| Began to fret. | fret | |
| “My little pet,” | pet | |
| She said to Bet, | Bet | |
| “You must not get | get | |
| Your feathers wet.” | wet |
M. S. Willis.
[[Listen]
1. “It’s not sun-set,” said Duck-y Bet to Moth-er Jet.
“These ducks I’ve met, I can-not let Them leave me yet.”
I will tell Frank to get the little duck.
Frank! Come here to the pond.
Come quick and get Ducky Bet.
There! Frank has caught the ducky.
Give the ducky to her mother, Frank.
Mother Jet, here is your baby duck.
Go to the barn with your children.
That is where you live. Shoo! Shoo!
Frank came and caught the ducky.
The hen saw him after her baby duck.
She ran about and said, “Cluck, cluck!”
The chicks said, “Peep, peep!”
The ducks said, “Quack, quack!”
Frank said, “Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!”
Lad ran about and said, “Bow-wow!”
What are you looking for, Frank?
I am looking for frog’s eggs, Max.
The frogs lay eggs in the water.
Oh, do find some of the frog’s eggs!
Find some, and let me see them.
Do frogs lay eggs in nests, Frank?
O Max! Frogs don’t make nests.
Don’t you know that? How funny!
I will show you some frog’s eggs.
I can find them in the pond.
Here are some of them now.
Come and look at the eggs, Max.
Eggs? Well! They are funny eggs!
They are not at all like bird’s eggs.
| Eggs E | eggs e |
Come quick, Max. Look quick!
See that little frog.
Don’t you see it?
Watch! It will jump.
Come here, Lad.
Don’t go there.
Pull him back, Max.
See the frog jump into the water.
The boys saw a frog in the brook.
Frank said, “Don’t go there, little dog.
You must not go after the frog, Lad.
Come back, little dog. Come, Lad.”
Lad said, “Bow-wow, Bow-wow!”
This made the frog jump back.
It went “Ker-chog!” into the water.
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | |
| 1. A little frog | frog |
| Sat on a log, | log |
| In a thick fog, | fog |
| Beside the bog. | bog |
| 2. A little dog | dog |
| Came to the log. | log |
| Frog went “Kerchog!” | Ker chog |
| Into the bog. | bog |
Will the frog come up again, Frank?
Yes, he came up then.
He has his head out now.
Don’t you see his head in the water?
Look! He went under the water.
Now he has come up again.
He is looking at us. Let us hide.
There! Did you see him jump?
He is out of the brook now?
It is time to go home, Max.
Oh no, please don’t go, Grace.
Yes, we must go, Max.
Let us all go through the woods.
We will go to the barn and play.
Yes, Grace, please go to the barn.
Look at that rabbit.
Where, Frank, where?
Please show me.
Look in the woods.
Oh, I see him now.
Look at him hop.
See his little white tail!
There he goes! See him jump!
That Rabbit is not like Bun, Frank.
No, Max, that rabbit is Bun’s cousin.
Bun’s cousins live here in the woods.
They have homes in the woods.
What is a rabbit’s home like, Frank?
It is a hole under the ground, Max.
Rabbits make the hole in the ground.
One time I saw a rabbit’s home.
I went with Father to see it.
The hole was away under the ground.
The mother rabbit was not in the hole.
The baby rabbits were sleeping there.
Father said, “Pull them out, Frank.
Now look at them.
Then let them go back into the hole.”
Please show me a rabbit’s home, Frank.
Yes, some day I will be glad to, Max.
Thank you, Frank, thank you.
I like to see a rabbit jump. Don’t you?
Yes. I know a rime about a rabbit.
It is a rime that I can sing.
Please sing it for me, Frank.
PHONIC JINGLES
| Phonic Drill | ||
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1. Wild little Bun, | Bun |
| Sit in the sun, | sun | |
| Then run, run, | run | |
| That is fun. | fun | |
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2. There you go “Thump!” | Thump |
| Over the stump, | stump | |
| With a bump, | bump | |
| As you jump. | jump | |
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3. A home you’ve dug. | dug |
| There you’re as snug | snug | |
| As a bug | bug | |
| In a rug. | rug |