Jack and Jill是一首古老而又有趣的童謠,不要小瞧這一首簡單的童謠,它不但可以引導孩子掌握「上與下」的概念,理解男孩和女孩的區別,朗朗上口的重複性歌詞還可以幫助孩子掌握英語語言的基本結構和模式。而且童謠裡有很多的rhyming words(押韻詞),對於正在學習自然拼讀的孩子們來說是很好的資源。
歌詞原文:
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.
Then up got Jack and said to Jill,
As in his arms he took her,
"Brush off that dirt for you're not hurt,
Let's fetch that pail of water."
So Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch the pail of water,
And took it home to Mother dear,
Who thanked her son and daughter.