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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
