39 Animal Couplets for Children

The animal couplets for kids They are usually one of the most typical variants of this type of poems formed by quatrains of verses of 8 syllables. The couplets allow the imagination of adults and children to develop with daily activities and the environment that surrounds them, making use of resources such as personification, simile, hyperbole or exaggeration, among others.

Public and private initiatives have proposed to promote the publication, with print media and using information technology, of couplets and their dissemination in the classroom and at home.

This would result in the expansion of the training process of students, through educational games, brochures, books, poetry recital contests, etc.

The couplets allow infants to know and develop stories, through observation and discovery of qualities.

They can be serious or funny, with free verses. The promotion of reading makes it possible to give them opportunities to express themselves in public (few or many people) and learn positive customs in their communities.

List of animal couplets for children

1- The butterfly and the cake

there is the butterfly

sitting in the kitchen

making chocolate

for the godmother

Let the rose come out

let the carnation come out

let this girl come out

who is making cake.

2- The good bull

«I am a good little bull,

There is no tree that does not tear,

In the antlers I bring strength

And in the neck, courage ”.

3- The cat and the cat

The cat and the cat

they are getting married,

and they don’t do the wedding

for not having bread.

arroro,

that I lull you

the greedy cat

look at the salad

and the blonde cat

he washes his face.

arroro,

that I lull you

4- The toad

«Of the birds that fly,

I like the toad

Because he is short and fat,

Panzón and nato”.

5- The fox flying

«A fox flew by

above the lagoon

And the ducks admired each other

Seeing him fly without feathers.»

6- The flying toad

I saw a toad fly

above a tunnel,

The tunas opened their mouths

Seeing the toad fly.»

7- The fox that sings

«On the side of a hill

A fox sang;

The dogs came out

He tightened his hat.»

8- The bottom of the sea

«I have seen a toad fly,

A fox with espadrilles,

And at the bottom of the sea

A donkey roasting sweet potatoes.

9- The hummingbird

«In the middle of the jungle

a hummingbird laughed

And meanwhile he said:

When I laugh I am happy!

There in a deep lake

a stork sighed

And in the sigh he said:

He who does not sleep does not dream!

Right in the middle of the sea

a whale sighed

And in the sigh he said:

I want bananas with cream!

In a corner of the pampa

two horses sighed

And in the breath they said:

How our calluses hurt!»

10- Bacacay Street

“On Bacacay street

A cow passes and falls.

He gets up and says: Ouch!

This street brings them.

Passing through Bacacay,

When one is empty, it falls”.

11- Three herons

“Three herons

They light up the night.

three herons

Long and slow flight.

three herons

Like three loves”.

12- The worm

«He bit an angle worm into halves

And he ate his partner raw.»

13- The cat

«Cat if you go outside

You must walk in the snow.”

14- The white owl

“Alone and warming up his five knowledges,

The white owl in the bell tower sits.

15- Weaver spiders

“Weaver spiders don’t come here;

Hence the long-legged spinners, therefore.”

16- The sad cow

Entitled «The Weeping Cow», by Gloria Fuertes

The cow is sad

moo piteously,

neither sleep nor drink

nor graze on the grass.

The cow is sad

because to his little pussy

they have taken it away

Butchers

to the market.

She’s so thin

Elena’s cow,

that instead of giving milk,

It’s pitiful.

17- White dove

«White dove, golden beak,

that with your wings flying you go,

You pass the mountains, you pass the rivers,

You pass the waves of the wide sea.”

18- Sparrowhawk

“They say that the little hawk

Flying it comes and flying it goes;

The sea of ​​a flight passes:

Gavilancito, don’t fly anymore”.

19- Dogs and children

“Allow dogs to delight in barking and biting

Because God has created them that way,

Bears and lions growl and fight,

Because it’s their nature too.

But, children, what you must not allow

May such passions flourish;

His little hands were never created

To poke out the eyes of others.»

20- The owl and the kitten

“The owl and the kitten went to the sea

In a beautiful green pea pot;

They took some honey and a lot of money

Wrapped in a five pound bag.

The owl looked up at the moon above them,

And sang with a little guitar»

“O pretty kitty! O kitty, my love!

what a beautiful kitty you are

What a beautiful kitty you are”

21- The horse

«The comb that goes on horseback

Of the afierate hair

He is a great knot tamer

And leaves dreams lazy.

22- Inside each ball

«Inside each ball of

There is a sweater already knitted.

Just approach a grandmother,

Needle and sleeping cat.

23- The fish

«Who hears the fish speak

Or shut up the cicadas?

Who is it that climbs the rivers

And who swims in the mountains?

24- The blue butterfly

«The blue butterfly

Open your wings early.

Some call it heaven;

It flies still all year long.

25- The lizard

“Free stone, lizard,

that you are about to fly,

what question do you want to ask

Your tail when it curls up?

26- The wrinkled toad

«If a wrinkled green toad

He invites you to a tea with mosquitoes,

Find out if invited

They are or food «.

27- The mosquito

“If you have been stung in the forest

A mosquito like a wolf,

Or are you too Little Red Riding Hood?

Or without repellent, silly”.

28- The armadillo

This is what the Armadillo said

Passing through Caño Grande:

Grandillo’s tree

The Mayor sent him tomb.»

29- The heron

«The birds no longer sing

The water is very scarce

The gavans do not rest

Until the heron arrives.»

30- Taken from “Toro let’s go to the orchard of Toro Melissa”.

let’s go to the garden

From the bull Melissa,

to see milano

eating parsley,

Milano is not here

He is in his garden

opening a rose

And closing a carnation.

31- Taken from “Oh lady, my neighbor”

Oh, lady, my neighbor,

my chicken died!

with its red crest

and the whole yellow suit,

I will no longer see her dressed,

walking in the chicken coop,

well ma’am, my neighbor,

my chicken died

Sunday morning;

yes, ma’am, my neighbor,

Sunday morning;

oh, lady, my neighbor,

Sunday morning.

32- Taken from «Caminito de la escuela, Cri-Cri».

school walk,

hurrying to arrive,

with his books under his arm,

goes the whole animal kingdom.

The mouse with glasses.

From notebook the peacock.

And in the mouth carries the dog

an eraser.

33- Taken from “Fable of the fussy blind man and the sleeping snake. Fables of fables”.

34- Taken from «Songs to relax.»

I’m going to marry my hen

with a tufted rooster

for the chicks to come out

with vest and pants.

35- Taken from «Latin America in chorus!».

The toads in the lagoon

When the downpour falls.

Some ask for a cap

The others ask for a hat.

36- Taken from «Songs and sayings.»

At three in the morning

I started to hear a cricket

I was very busy

sharpening his knife.

37- Taken from “Poplas de populares”.

there was the elephant

sitting on a railing

With his arrogant trunk

While knitting a scarf.

38- Taken from «Echo of a thousand voices».

Little bird, little bird,

bandit bird,

with that song that you have

you look like a goldfinch

39- Taken from «Educapeques».

down that road,

quickly, a fox crossed.

Oh, what a pretty tail!_ I said.

And he waved with the hat.

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