Preschool Nursery Rhymes1279935
As a child I loved to read nursery rhymes. I believed the stories were easy, fun, and simple to learn. They were one of the first books I discovered to read. Now as a preschool teacher I understand the value of teaching young children these rhymes. It introduces them to rhyming, simple components of a story such as trigger and impact, characters, setting, and plot. They are also very catchy.
Preschool nursery rhymes introduce children to rhyming which is one of the building blocks to reading. If a child learns to rhyme at a young age, they will be in a position to recognize word households when they start to learn phonics. They will understand that word chunks that have the same sound often have similar spelling. This will help them decode words rapidly and develop fluency.
Mother Goose rhymes use familiar parts of a story such as character, setting, and plot. Introducing young children to parts of a story will assist them build comprehension abilities. This will help them organize their thoughts, so they will remember the story better. They will learn they can find components of a story even in more complicated literature.
These short poems also use much more complex components of a story such as cause and effect and problem and answer. Children can find many instances of trigger and effect in these short stories. For instance in the Nursery Rhyme Jack and Jill. Jack fell down is the cause. And broke his crown is the impact. Another example is in the Nursery Rhyme Small Bo Peep. The trigger is her sheep are lost and the impact is she has to find them.
In these brief stories characters are also given a problem they should resolve. Many of the solution are tragic such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill nevertheless, children will discover a good story as a issue and answer.
Nursery Rhymes are engaging. Anyone who has ever sat with a child knows that they have a hard time focusing on one activity for a long time. These brief stories are the right length for a child's interest span. Nursery Rhymes are also fun and simple to keep in mind. They are simple stories with rhyme and rhythm. That make them hard to forget. They are full of suspense. Your child will wonder what occurs next after Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall and Jack and Jill fall down the hill, or Old Mother Hubbard goes to a cupboard that is bare.
