Mary Had a Little Lamb
Ages 2–5
Channel info
Channel: Mother Goose Club
Accent: American
Why we picked it: Mother Goose Club was founded by Harry and Sona Jho, a married couple who were both working in education before starting the channel — not a studio pivoting into kids' content after the fact. It's earned genuine Emmy recognition and blends live-action performers with animated rhymes, which sets it apart from the fully-animated, algorithm-optimized channels that dominate this space.
Tip: watch it through once together before trying the activity below.
Sing along
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went. Mary went. Mary went. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day. It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play. It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.
So the teacher turned it out, turned it out, turned it out. So the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered near.
It waited patiently outside, outside, outside. It waited patiently outside, till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so, Mary so, Mary so? Why does the lamb love Mary so?” the eager children cry.
“Why Mary loves the lamb, you know, the lamb you know, the lamb you know. Why Mary loves the lamb, you know” the teacher did reply.
And everywhere that Mary went. Mary went. Mary went. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day. It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play. It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.
So the teacher turned it out, turned it out, turned it out. So the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered near.
It waited patiently outside, outside, outside. It waited patiently outside, till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so, Mary so, Mary so? Why does the lamb love Mary so?” the eager children cry.
“Why Mary loves the lamb, you know, the lamb you know, the lamb you know. Why Mary loves the lamb, you know” the teacher did reply.
NOW TRY THIS
Tap the word that finishes each line.
Not reading yet? Read the choices out loud and let your child point — you tap it for them.
Reading on their own? Let them try it solo.
1. "Mary had a little _______."
That's right! A little lamb!Not quite — try again!
2. "Its fleece was white as _______."
That's right! White as snow!Not quite — try again!
3. "And everywhere that Mary _______, the lamb was sure to go."
That's right! Everywhere Mary went!Not quite — try again!
4. "It followed her to _______ one day."
That's right! To school!Not quite — try again!
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Did you know?
This rhyme is based on an 1830 poem by American writer Sarah Josepha Hale, and it's also the very first sentence Thomas Edison recorded on his phonograph in 1877.
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