Mother Goose Rhymes and More

Nursery Rhymes Promote Literacy in Children 

A Nursery Rhyme:

• Allows children to hear letter sounds. And how to put the sounds together to form words.
• Exposes a child to pitch, volume, voice, and rhythm
• Exposes a child to uncommonly used language.
• Teaches sequencing, pattern, parts of a story. 
• Allows a children to use their imagination. 
• Gives children the freedom to express themselves.

Just to name a few....

Naturally, as an educator, I want my child to know a variety of Nursery Rhymes.

I never learned Nursery Rhymes as a child.  

So I figured I need to teach myself if I want to teach her.

1.  I type out a Nursery Rhyme each week.

2.  I put it in a plastic sheet protector.

3.  And I hang it on my fridge.

    (Yeah- That would be the teacher in me.)

On Monday and Tuesday I stand in front of the fridge singing the rhyme.  

By Wednesday I can say parts of the rhyme, but I still have to be in the kitchen, so I can run to the fridge to read the next part if I forget.

By Thursday Ava is dancing to the rhyme.

By Friday I have the rhyme memorized!

I sing the rhymes to Ava all the time- In the car, on our walks, if I'm busy and she's fussy (Normally it makes her forget she's upset and she will start to dance)

This week's rhyme-

Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating of curds and whey;

There came a big spider,

And sat down beside her,

And frightened Miss Muffet away.