The Start

Life with Barbara

A CHILDS'S PRAYER
Make me dear Lord,polite and kind,
To everyone I pray.
And may I ask you how you find
Yourself,dear Lord,today?
JOHN BANNISTER TABB(1845-1909)

Monday's child is fair of face
Tuesday's child is full of grace
Wednesday's child is full of woe
Thursday's child has far to go
Friday's child is loving and giving
Saturday's child works hard for a living
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe,and good and gay.

A person to another person should be an equal,and that the color of his skin,or the house he lives in or the money he has or the clothes he wears does not make a person different we are all the same on the inside.All humans are 99% the same,that is as far as our DNA goes.No one is better or less important,we are all created equally.Children should be fairly treated and with respect. Let your child have the chance to do things for himself,even if he does them wrong at the begining,dont dwell on what he may have missed or what he did wrong,but place your attention on the fact that he did his best,find the good things about the job,believe me he will eventually do it well.For instance if your child draws the letter,H,but in reality you asked him to draw the letter,D,just let him know what a wonderful job he did on the H,now lets try a D.The earlier you help a child gain confidence in themselves the better they will do tackleing life.Begin talking with your child the moment they are born.I know of course they wont answer back or understand,but you are helping your babies brain connect in so many different ways,you are laying down the map,that will direct him for the rest of his life.
BARBARA TAYLOR AGERTON

LITTLE MISS MUFFET,
SAT ON A TUFFET,
EATING HER CURDS AND WHEY,
THERE CAME A BIG SPIDER,
WHO SAT DOWN BESIDE HER,
AND FRIGHTENED MISS MUFFET AWAY.

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE,
A POCKET FULL OF RYE;
FOUR AND TWNETY BLACKBIRDS,
BAKED IN A PIE.
WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED,
THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING;
WAS THAT NOT A DAINTY DISH,
TO SET BEFORE THE KING?
THE KING WAS IN HIS COUNTING HOUSE,
COUNTING OUT HIS MONEY;
THE QUEEN WAS IN THE PARLOUR,
EATING BREAD AND HONEY.
THE MAID WAS IN THE GARDEN,
HANGING OUT THE CLOTHES,
THERE CAME A LITTLE BLACKBIRD,
AND SNAPPED OFF HER NOSE.

BAA,BAA,BLACK SHEEP HAVE YOU ANY WOOL,
YES,SIR,YES,SIR,
THREE BAGS FULL,
ONE FOR THE MASTER,
AND ONE FOR THE DAME,
AND ONE FOR THE LITTLE BOY,
WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE.

HEY,DIDDLE DIDDLE
HEY,DIDDLE DIDDLE,THE CAT AND THE FIDDDLE,
THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON;
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED TO SEE SUCH SPORT,
AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON.

LITTLE JACK HORNER
SAT IN A CORNER,
EATING A CHRISTMAS PIE;
HE PUT IN HIS THUMB,
AND PULLED OUT A PLUMB,
AND SAID,'WHAT A GOOD BOY AM I

THREE BLIND MICE
Three blind mice,see how they run!
They all ran after the farmers wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?

THE COCK CROWS IN THE MORN,
TO TELL US TO RISE,
AND HE THAT LIES LATE
WILL NEVER BE WISE
FOR EARLY TO BED,
AND EARLY TO RISE,
IS THE WAY TO BE HEALTHY
AND WEALTHY AND WISE.

THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL,AND SHE HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD;
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD,SHE WAS VERY,VERY,GOOD,
BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD SHE WAS HORRID.

LITTLE BO-PEEP
Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them:
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.
Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleting;
But when she awoke,she found it a joke,
For they were wtill all fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed,but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left their tails behind them.

Twinkle,twinkle,little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle,twinkle,all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
'Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle,twinkle,little star.

JACK BE NIMBLE,
JACK BE QUICK,
JACK JUMP OVER,
THE CANDLE STICK.

JACK SPRAT COULD EAT NO FAT,
HIS WIFE COULD EAT NO LEAN,
AND SO BETWEEN THEM BOTH YOU SEE,
THEY LICKED THE PLATTER CLEAN.

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 HOME DID TROT,
AS FAST AS HE COULD CAPER,
TO OLD DAME DOB,WHO PATCHED HIS NOB,
WITH VINEGAR AND BROWN PAPER.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.~ Pindar