Have fun with your children and teach them about the different occupations people have. In this book the following occupations are mentioned,carpenter, stone mason, tomato seller, bread seller, doctor,policeman, shoeshine boy, peasant, tailor, blacksmith, artist and barber.
Compiled By: Taghreed Najjar
Illustrated By: Hiba Farran
The rhymes in this book deal with jobs and occupations. Some may not be familiar to the city child of today, like the buggy driver, the shoeshine boy but others, like the carpenter, doctor and policeman are. The rhymes are fun to sing along and connect children to their roots.
Rhymes in this books include:
1- Mr. Policeman
2- This is What He Does
3- The Tomato Seller
4- The Bread Seller
5- Oh Stonemason ...
6- The Barber
7- Abu Mahmoud
8- The Shoeshine Boy
9- My Grandfather is a Farmer
10- Today is My Birthday
18 pages, board book, 15 x 21, published 2013
Children will have fun repeating and singing these funny rhymes and also learning about what each job entails.
The rhyme “My Uncle has 7 children” mentions a job for each son and the child is encouraged to make the appropriate movement that goes with the job.
This rhyme also mentions the No. 7 so the child can count the sons and the jobs.
The rhyme about the stone mason and the carpenter can also be categorized with silly rhymes because of the made up words “ eelek beelik boom”and the strange out of context situations. Another rhymes that is connected to an occasion is "Cut his Hair Oh Barber". It is usually recited by the proud mother or grandmother to celebrate the first hair cut. The mother shows her love and future aspirations for her child as she hopes that one day he will become the Sheikh of all Sheikhs.
Nursery rhymes can be enjoyed by parent and child and form a link between the two generations. They also set the stage for the child to read. The child finds it much easier to memorise a rhyme because of the verse the rhyme found in the words. A child who has listened to the rhymes and memorised them will enjoy the experience of “ reading” them to the parents from the books and connecting sounds with words.
