Why use childrens nursery rhymes?
Using children’s nursery rhymes is a great way to build phonological awareness and provides welcome practice with phonograms and word families in a fun way…..you can only go so far with flashcards! Knowing how to rhyme will greatly improve your child’s auditory skills which is vital for pre-school phonics. And how will our children enjoy the delights of great classic books such as Ahlberg’s Each Peach Pear Plum, with its beautiful illustrations and text, if they do not know the nursery rhymes! Children’s vocabulary can also be enriched by reading nursery rhymes. For example in the rhyme Jack and Jill: Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after! Jack falls down and breaks his crown. Helping explain that this is another word for head and that pail is another word for bucket immediately puts two new words into a child’s vocabulary. There are of course many more examples like this which is a wonderful way to int
