Nursery rhymes play an important role in early childhood education and early childhood development. Children expand their vocabulary and learn how to form words and use these words in the right context. Nursery rhymes help children develop auditory memory which is the ability to remember what they hear, important for their language acquisition and the development of their speech.
Encourage children to sing nursery rhymes as you help them develop holistically, equipping them with a mixture of skills:
- It boosts children’s language, communication and literacy skills.
- Children learn early maths skills like counting if they recite rhymes such as “One, two buckle my shoe….”.
- If children recite rhymes together with adults and their peers it helps to develop their social skills.
- Rhymes help children develop music skills as rhymes have different beats and rhythms.
- Children develop their motor skills as children copy the body movements and actions of the adult that is teaching them the actions to the rhyme.
- Children develop their non-verbal communication skills.
Below is a list of links to various sites that provide lyrics to a variety of nursery rhymes in different languages:
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