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A French nursery rhyme

“Maman, les petits bateaux” 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.

  • 5 pages
  • from age 2
  • A4 PDF ready to print
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Coloring pages for “Maman, les petits bateaux”

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

Singing while coloring

Where “Maman, les petits bateaux” comes from, and how it is sung.

A dialogue: a child asks Mama whether the little boats that sail on the water have legs, and she answers: “Of course, you silly goose; if they didn’t, they couldn’t walk!” Sing it in two voices, one asking, the other answering; often the child wants to be the mama. A short, funny song, perfect for a break between two drawings.

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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