Preschool Nursery Rhymes4279340
As a child I loved to read nursery rhymes. I thought the stories were simple, fun, and simple to learn. They were one of the first books I discovered to read. Now as a preschool teacher I understand the worth of teaching young kids these rhymes. It introduces them to rhyming, simple components of a story such as cause and impact, characters, setting, and plot. They are also extremely catchy.
Preschool nursery rhymes introduce kids to rhyming which is one of the building blocks to reading. If a child learns to rhyme at a young age, they will be able to recognize word households when they begin to learn phonics. They will understand that word chunks that have the same sound frequently have similar spelling. This will assist them decode words quickly and develop fluency.
Mother Goose rhymes use familiar components 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 assist them organize their thoughts, so they will remember the story better. They will learn they can find parts of a story even in more complicated literature.
These short poems also use much more complicated components of a story including trigger and impact and issue and solution. Children can find many instances of cause and impact in these short stories. For example in the Nursery Rhyme Jack and Jill. Jack fell down is the trigger. And broke his crown is the effect. An additional instance is in the Nursery Rhyme Small Bo Peep. The cause is her sheep are lost and the impact is she has to find them.
In these short stories characters are also offered a problem they must resolve. Many of the answer are tragic such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill however, kids will uncover 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 correct length for a child's attention 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 neglect. They are full of suspense. Your child will wonder what happens 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.
