baa

Everyday

1. The sound a sheep or lamb makes. tree →
2. (verb) To make this sound; to bleat. tree →
3. Baa San is a Japanese term of address meaning "old woman" or "grandmother". tree →

In the lessons

Early reading, nursery rhymes («Baa, Baa, Black Sheep») and farm visits. Science: animal sounds. In Alice's world, the sound of sheep-bells and bleating sheep belongs to the countryside she wakes up to.

Examples

• «Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?» tree →
• The lambs baaed for their mothers. tree →
• We heard a loud «baa» from the field. tree →
• The sheep went «baa» when the dog barked. tree →
• Little Tom can say «baa» like a sheep. tree →
• The baaing of sheep woke us early. tree →

Note

Onomatopoeia. Past: baaed. Not «bah» (which is a cross sound people make: «Bah! Humbug!»).