Preschool Nursery Rhymes8078948
As a child I loved to read nursery rhymes. I thought the stories were simple, fun, and easy to learn. They were one of the first books I discovered to read. Now as a preschool teacher I comprehend the worth of teaching young children these rhymes. It introduces them to rhyming, simple parts of a story such as cause and impact, characters, setting, and plot. They are also extremely 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 able to recognize word families when they begin to learn phonics. They will understand that word chunks that have the exact same sound often have similar spelling. This will help them decode words rapidly and build fluency.
Mother Goose rhymes use familiar parts of a story such as character, setting, and plot. Introducing young children to components of a story will help them build comprehension skills. This will help them organize their thoughts, so they will keep in mind the story better. They will learn they can find parts of a story even in much more complex literature.
These short poems also use more complex components of a story such as trigger and effect and problem and solution. Kids can find many situations of cause and impact 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 effect. Another example is in the Nursery Rhyme Little 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 issue they should solve. Many of the solution are tragic such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill nevertheless, children will uncover a good story as a problem and answer.
Nursery Rhymes are engaging. Anybody 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 attention span. Nursery Rhymes are also fun and simple to remember. They are easy stories with rhyme and rhythm. That make them hard to neglect. They are full of suspense. Your child will wonder what happens subsequent following 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.
