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A French nursery rhyme

“Il était un petit navire” coloring pages to print

The drawings on this site that illustrate this French rhyme, gathered on one page. Variations on the same refrain: each one colors on its own, in any order.

  • 6 pages
  • from age 2
  • A4 PDF ready to print
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Coloring pages for “Il était un petit navire”

Each sheet opens on its own page, with its A4 PDF.

Singing while coloring

Where “Il était un petit navire” comes from, and how it is sung.

A sailors’ song: a little ship that had “ne-ne-never sailed” sets out to sea, the food runs short, straws are drawn… but the youngest sailor is saved in the end. Sway from side to side like a boat on the waves, and shout the “ohé! ohé!” with your hands cupped around your mouth.

These drawings, sorted another way

A song crosses the shelves of the site: here are the ones its sheets are filed under.

The other songs

Each gathers its own drawings.

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