Natale: poesie per bambini in inglese

Metti che la solita recita scolastica del tuo bambino non sia fatta solo di poesie in italiano per Natale o semplicemente che vuoi insegnare ai tuoi figli anche un’altra lingua per noi fondamentale. L’occasione di questa festa è perfetta perchè attraverso qualche piccolo componimento potranno ricordare la nascita di Gesù Bambino e nel frattempo conoscere un diverso idioma. Ecco qualche rima di Natale che potrete recitare sotto l’albero la notte della Vigilia o insegnare ai piccoli prima di andare a scuola:

Green Grow’th the Holly

Green grow’th the holly
So doth the ivy;

Though winter blasts blow ne’er so high,

Green grow’th the holly.

Green grow’th the holly,
So doth the ivy;

The God of life can never die,

Hope! saith the holly.

And All the Angels

And all the angels in heaven shall sing,

On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,

And all the angels in heaven shall sing,

On Christmas Day in the morning.

One Glorious Star

When Christ was born in Bethlehem
T’was night, but seemed the noon of day.
The stars whose light was pure and bright
Shone with unwavering ray.
But one, one glorious star
Guided the Eastern Magi from afar.

Long, Long Ago

Winds through the olive trees

Softly did blow,

‘Round little Bethlehem

Long, long ago.

Sheep on the hillside lay

Whiter than snow.

Shepherds were watching them,

Long, long ago.

Then from the happy sky,

Angels bent low,

Singing their songs of joy,

Long, long ago.

For in a manger bed,

Cradled we know,

Christ came to Bethlehem,

Long, long ago.

Three Kings

Three kings came out of Indian land

To see the wondrous Infant bent,

With splendid presents in their hand;

Straightly a star before them went.

A wondrous thing it was to see:

That star was more than other three.