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Rhyme... A Fantastic Way Your Child Can Play With Language
C
hildren want to join in rhymes because they enjoy them.
They don't even realise they are learning
because they are too busy having fun...
that's learning at it's best!
Researchers, experienced parents and teachers all agree
in the importance of nursery rhymes in boosting young children's language development.
One of the most valuable gifts you can give your child is enabling them
to grow up in a house full of nursery rhymes.
Why Rhyme is Key to Good Language Development
You would be wrong to think nursery rhymes have no place in our modern world.
Nursery rhymes emphasise through repitition 'phonological' (sound) awareness in langauge. This natural repitition fixes the language sounds deep into your child's memory, stimulating those parts of the brain connected to listening and speech.
The main reason why rhyme is so successful is, of course, because children find it so much fun.
Rhymes provide young children with a fun way to practice language.
They provide a great way to introduce language to your child, showing them early on that words can be fun.
Rhyming helps children learn about 'word families' of similar sounds, such as let, met, pet, wet, and get. This awareness contributes to success in reading and writing.
Rhyme also teaches children the patterns and structures of both spoken and written language. Children who say rhymes at home, will find reading with expression easier.
Learning to read and write is a complicated task for a child to master. Clearly rhyme can help make the task both easier and more fun.
Recommended Props to Help You Bring Rhyme to Your Child
There is a huge variety of rhyme available, so there will be something that suits your child.
The trick is to get enthusiastic and involved in the rhymes yourself, then your child will pick up on this themselves. This might sound more difficult than it actually is. Start by reading a few simple rhymes and you can work up to more complicated ones at your child's pace over a period of years.
Rhyme can be used to learn in other areas too ! In learning "10 Green Bottles", your child will become more comfortable with numbers.
Bringing in actions into rhyme and you have the perfect learning activity. Movement and learning are a great combination for young children. You can progress with your child from simple actions to those with very fast actions.
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Use Rhyme to Help Shy Children to Become More Expressive
Rhyme encourages shy children to improve their confidence in expressing themselves.
Another aspect of rhyme is that children find the repitition comforting.
Rhyme is also a very sociable activity, children get a lot of enjoyment in saying their rhymes with others.
Rhyme... Too Powerful to Ignore
Far from being a quaint, old-fashioned activity, we hope you now agree rhyme is an essential part of your child's early language development.
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FAQ - My child does not like rhyme
Try songs. Not cool - diggers...cross over, learn fav cartoon song
Rhyme and songs are closely related.
Improves memory, concentration, !
Something to do when waiting, stops them getting bored.
