ABC Poems
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Harry the hound dog hurries around.
/h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ is his hurrying sound. - L
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Look! It s Leon the Lion.
Leon love to lap water from lakes.
This is the lapping sound Leon makes
/l/ /l/ /l/ /l/ /l/ /l/ /l/ - Ww
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Willie the washer washed white clothes all week.
When he washed he went
/w/ /w/ /w/ /w/ /w/ /w/
Willie the washer was tired: he sprang a leak
He washed and washed and he went /w/ /w/ /w/ /w/ - Rr
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Rosie the Robot just runs and runs /r/ /r/ /r/
Racing around to get her chores done /r/ /r/ /r/
Running here, running there /r/ /r/ /r/
Running almost everywhere /r/ /r/ /r/ - Zz
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Zack s jacket has a zipper.
Zack zips it up and it makes this sound:
/z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/
Zack zips it down and it makes this sound:
/z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ - I
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Here sits Pickles the Pig.
Tickle Pickles, and she'll get the giggles.
This is the sound of Pickles' giggles
/i/ /i/ /i/ /i/ /i/ /i/ - Xx
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Rex is called the exiting X.
He runs to guard the door.
To get past Rex
Make the sound of X:
/ks/ /ks/ /ks/ /ks/ /ks/ /ks/ -
Quincy the duck couldn't quite quack,
He said /kw/ /kw/ /kw/
Quincy kept trying, but all he could say was:
/kw/ /kw/ /kw/ /kw/ /kw/ - Yy
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Yolanda and Yoshika are Yaks.
They don't yell.
The just yak: /y/ /y/ /y/ /y/ /y/
Yakety-yak! Yakety-yak!
What is the sound of the curious yaks?
/y/ /y/ /y/ /y/ /y/ - G
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Gary is a gopher
Who gulps green grapes all day!
When he gulps and giggles,
/g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ is what he'll say. - F
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Franny the fan spins oh so fast,
Spreading fresh air with a regular blast.
When Franny the fan goes round and round
/f/ /f/ /f/ /f/ /f/ /f/ is her fast fan sound. - B
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Bobby loves his basketball.
He bounces it all day.
the ball goes /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/
As it bounces on its way. - J
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Jenny and Jackson like to have fun.
They play jacks, jump rope, and juggle in the sun.
Each time they jump,
their feet hit the ground
/j/ /j/ /j/ /j/ /j/ is the jumping rope sound. - U
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Tubby the Tugboat can huff and puff
And push and pull to move big stuff
/u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/
That's the sound of Tubby the Tug:
He works all day from dawn to dusk
/u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ /u/ - C
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Carlos clicks his camera
/k/ /k/ /k/ /k/ /k/ /k/
The picutres come out crisp and clear.
So give a smile, /k/ /k/ /k/
Carlos is here. - E
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Jen's pet hen likes to peck, peck, peck,
/e/ /e/ /e/
She pecks at a speck on the new red deck.
/e/ /e/ /e/
This is how her pecking sounds
/e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/ /e/
when she pecks at a speck on the hen house deck! - S
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Sue buys sausages on Saturday
Sam eats sausages on Sunday
The sausages sizzle /s/ /s/ /s/ /s/
when hot.
Sam eats sausages but Sue does not. - N
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Norman Newsome has a cold
His nose is noisy all through the night
He tries to sleep! but it just won t do
Cuz this is what his nose will do
/n/ /n/ /n/ /n/ /n/ - M
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Muzzy, the Monkey
bananas are yummy.
She munches so many
They fill up her tummy
/m/ /m/ /m/ /m/ - Pp
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Popcorn! Popcorn! Ping & Pong shouted
Let's pop some in a pot,
because we like it hot!
/p/ /p/ /p/ /p/ was the sound it made. - T
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Tom Tuttle's timer ticks like this:
/t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/
Tonight Tom Tuttle wants tomatoes on toast.
He set his timer. Listen carefully.
/t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/
What a sound would the timer make if you set it?
/t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ - O
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Bob the fox did not feel well at all.
He jogged to the doctor s office.
Say /o/ Mr. Fox /o/ /o/ /o/
My head is hot and my throat hurts a lot.
Say /o/ Mr. Fox /o/ /o/ /o/ - /a/
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I'm Pam the lamb, I am
This is how I tell the farmer where I am:
/a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/
I'm Pam the Lamb, I am
This is how I tell my friends I am:
/a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ - Rap
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This ABC
is just for me
And DEF
is next you see
GHIJ
comes after that
KLMN
I've got down pat
OPQR
STUV are all that's left
Except WXY &Z - D
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Dinah, the dancing dinosaur,
Had huge and clumsy feet.
They went /d/ /d/ /d/ /d/
As Dinah kep the beat.