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Lombarbdo, Mary A. – Library Media Connection, 2005
Children listen, act out and recite nursery rhymes and thus learn about rhyming words, absorb the rhythm of English language, and begin to develop speech sound awareness in an interactive and fun way, which can further enhance reading achievement. Encouraging children to dramatize the rhymes leads to role plays which uses basic vocabulary sight…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Sight Method, Reading Achievement, Nursery Rhymes
Direct linkBafumo, Mary Ellen – Teaching Pre K-8, 2004
This article describes the benefits of teaching nursery rhymes to students, particularly as it relates to language and sound patterns. Most cultures have parallel forms of nursery rhymes, limericks and simple poetry that children easily understand and enjoy. Yet teachers of young children report that many of their students do not know a single…
Descriptors: Nursery Rhymes, Childrens Literature, Teaching Methods, Language Fluency
