Nursery Rhymes

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

How many of you remember reciting and singing nursery rhymes?  Now, how many of your children or even better yet grandchildren can recite or sing one of your favorite nursery rhymes?

Many people or schools stopped teaching nursery rhymes because they felt they were politically incorrect or they just didn't see the necessity in spending time teaching them.  Furthermore, they didn't replace teaching them with short rhyming poems because of pressures from the present day curriculum .  Also, many didn't see the need to have kids recite or learn rhyming poems from memory.  Poems are used in school to teach comprehension and literacy strategies.

 Reciting rhyming poems have a valuable place in learning how to read.  They help children to learn to play with the sounds in words.  Hearing how words rhyme help children to hear the smaller parts in a word. 

Do you remember?

Anna, Anna, bo-banna

Banana-fana fo-fanna 

Fee-fi-mo-manna 

Anna!

This is a fun and engaging way to get your grandchildren  to play with the sounds in words. 

Either dust the cobwebs from your brain and start reciting those familiar nursery rhymes or get a book of short rhyming poems to help get your grandchild playing with words.


Related Articles

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-on-literacy/rhyming-ability-important-reading

http://kbyutv.org/kidsandfamily/readytolearn/file.axd?file=2011%2f3%2f2+Rhymers+are+Readers.pdf

https://www.gemmlearning.com/blog/learning_science/the-benefits-of-rhyming-how-rhyming-predicts-future-reading-success/