Preschool Nursery Rhymes4092643
As a child I loved to read nursery rhymes. I believed the stories were simple, fun, and simple to learn. They were one of the first books I learned to read. Now as a preschool teacher I comprehend the value of teaching young kids these rhymes. It introduces them to rhyming, easy components 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 quickly and develop fluency.
Mother Goose rhymes use familiar components of a story such as character, setting, and plot. Introducing young children to components of a story will help them build comprehension abilities. This will assist them organize their thoughts, so they will remember the story much better. They will learn they can find parts of a story even in more complicated literature.
These brief poems also use more complex parts of a story such as trigger and impact and problem and solution. Kids can find many situations of trigger and effect in these brief stories. For example in the Nursery Rhyme Jack and Jill. Jack fell down is the cause. And broke his crown is the impact. An additional example 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 given a issue they must solve. Many of the answer are tragic such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill nevertheless, kids will discover 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 lengthy time. These brief stories are the correct length for a child's interest span. Nursery Rhymes are also fun and simple to keep in mind. They are easy stories with rhyme and rhythm. That make them hard to forget. They are full of suspense. Your child will wonder what happens next 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.
