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PSPKK123May 9, 2013 •  18 Comments

Rhymes for Letter X: Little Letter X Book

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One nice thing about learning the alphabet out of order (you can see what order we’re following – and why – here) is that we get letters like X out of the way early.   If you’ve seen my other Little Letter Books (see my printables page), you know that I include six rhymes for each book.  These can be nursery rhymes, popular children’s songs, or (if I’m desperate) original rhymes written by yours truly. Finding rhymes for letter X took some imagination!

Please forgive me for not filling the letter X book with words that  begin with X.  Xylophone doesn’t exactly teach the sound of x, anyway.  Instead, the mini-book’s rhymes mainly consist of words that have x within them.

Is that cheating?

free letter X book

Rhymes for Letter X: Little Letter X Book

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You are welcome to use any of my original rhymes in any way, as long as you credit themeasuredmom.com right next to the rhyme.  Thanks!

Here are the rhymes and songs included in the mini-book:

X is in Taxi (original rhyme © The Measured Mom; to the tune of “Farmer in the Dell”)

A taxi is a car,
A taxi is a car,
You tell the driver where to go,
And then you ride that far.

 X is in Six (for the tune, click here)

Six little ducks that I once knew,
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too.
But the only little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a “Quack quack quack!”

X is for X-ray (sing to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)

X-ray starts with letter X,
Letter X, Letter X.
X-ray starts with letter X,
/ks/, /ks/, /ks/, /ks/!

 X is in Sixpence (for the tune click here)

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing.
Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set
before the king?

 X is in Fox (for the tune click here)

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go,
Heigh ho, the derry-o, a hunting we will go.
A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go,
We’ll catch a fox and put him in a box,
And then we’ll let him go.

 X is in Mixing (original rhyme © The Measured Mom; to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”)

Are you mixing
Are you mixing
Over there, over there?
Are you making cookies,
Are you making cookies?
Will you share? Will you share?

 

To assemble a Little Letter Book:

  • Print the document in color (if you desire) on cardstock.  Be sure to print pages 2-3  front to back (page 1 is my Terms of Use). You will need only one piece of paper.
  • Cut an even line across the center of the page.
  • Fold the two sheets to make a book. Make sure the cover is in front, and insert the other page inside.
  • Staple with a long arm stapler.

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