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Hamilton, Harley – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
"Grandfather Moose" rhymes, written to follow the Mother Goose tradition, are short, appealing, easy-to-memorize sign language nursery rhymes which employ visual poetic devices such as similar signs and transitional flow of movement. (CB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Hearing Impairments, Language Arts, Nursery Rhymes
Goldberg, Sally – 1985
Songs, rhymes, and sayings entered in this handbook are particularly useful as basic teaching techniques for babies and small children. Popular and easy to learn, many are simple Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Others are traditional songs and sayings that have been passed on from generation to generation in our culture. Some are appropriate for use…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Infants, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Download full textHoneyghan, Glasceta – Florida Reading Quarterly, 2000
Drama through Mother Goose nursery rhymes can be integrated in the pre-K-3 curriculum. Activities can range from spontaneous gestures and facial expression, to guided performance where a teacher might have specific objectives in mind and rehearse a rhyme for formal performance. Activities include unison or choral speaking; "line-a-child"…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Drama
Hamner, Devon – 2003
Primary-grade children can learn rhythm and rhyme from nursery rhymes. But those same poems can be used to help young students make connections to letters, sounds, and word chunks. This lesson lets Mother Goose help children grow as readers and writers. During the 5-10 minutes per day for these lessons, students will: develop a feel for the rhythm…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Folk Culture, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedYoung, Cindy; Maulding, Wendy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Discusses opportunities to use nursery rhymes to aid in the mathematical development of young children. Considers rhymes that involve patterns, ordering, and problem solving. (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Farber, Betty, Ed. – 1997
Parents and teachers may often have wondered how preschoolers learn, or why certain things, events, or people are more interesting to them than others? This book provides information on how young children learn, and offers activities to encourage emerging literacy, promote creativity and imagination, and enhance knowledge and development in music,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Child Development, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing
Peer reviewedCooper, B. Lee – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Depicts ways popular song lyrics can stimulate discussion either in music, social studies, humanities, or language arts classes. Considers lyrics' ability to explain social, cultural, and political phenomena. Provides a chronological outline from 1962 correlating political events, personalities, songs, and the artists. songs. Identifies uses of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Childrens Literature, Course Content, Cultural Education
