Enjoy the popular Itsy Bitsy Spider, a classic nursery rhyme about a little spider climbing up a spout. The rhyme even has an important moral of never giving up, the spider's resilience and determination never waiver even when faced with setbacks. The earliest known written version of the Itsy Bitsy Spider was published in 1910 by Charles B. Camp in 1910. Nursery rhymes offer numerous developmental benefits for young children from language and literacy skills to cognitive and social, emotional development. Repetition of these short little rhymes has big impacts on our little ones so no wonder they have stood the test of time.