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Nursery Rhymes: Foundation for Learning
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Kenney, Susan – General Music Today, 2005
The article considers nursery rhymes as the foundation for learning. It is said that nursery rhymes carry all the parts of language that lead to speaking and reading. Because rhymes are short, they are easy for children to repeat, and become some of the first sentences children utter. The rhymes expand vocabulary, exposing children to words they…
Descriptors: Nursery Rhymes, Music Education, Language Acquisition, Cognitive Development