Preschool Nursery Rhymes1049991
As a child I loved to read nursery rhymes. I believed the stories were easy, fun, and simple to learn. They had been one of the first books I learned to read. Now as a preschool teacher I comprehend the worth of teaching young kids these rhymes. It introduces them to rhyming, easy parts of a story such as trigger and effect, 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 families when they begin to learn phonics. They will comprehend that word chunks that have the same sound frequently 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 kids to parts of a story will help them develop comprehension skills. This will assist 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 more complicated literature.
These brief poems also use much more complicated components of a story including cause and impact and problem and answer. Kids can find many instances of cause and impact 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 effect. Another example is in the Nursery Rhyme Little Bo Peep. The cause is her sheep are lost and the effect is she has to find them.
In these short stories characters are also given a issue they should resolve. Many of the solution are tragic such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill however, children will uncover a good story as a problem 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 lengthy time. These brief stories are the right length for a child's interest span. Nursery Rhymes are also fun and easy to keep in mind. 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 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.
