Monday 13 February 2017

Develop Language Skills Of Kids With Nursery Rhymes

Research claims that singing traditional nursery rhymes and lullabies to tiny tots helps in developing their language skills. Most of the parents emphasize more on reading and writing and not on singing kids songs. You will be surprised to know that singing lullabies or traditional rhymes to the little ones can be very beneficial in developing language skills. So, you should sing to your  child every day to prepare their brain to language and avoid language problems developing in later life.

Many preschoolers are enrolled to the preschools without adequate language skills. This is because their parents have never spent or rarely spent a time singing songs to them. And the parents who often sang traditional nursery rhymes to their kids, are found with improved language skills and ability to communicate.

As you sing kids songs and rhymes to your little ones, it helps to understand that how language is constructed. Moreover, they will also learn about rhythm, tone and beat.

Nursery rhymes can accelerate development of child's language skills. So spend some time singing popular traditional rhymes and lullabies such as :

Baa Baa Black Sheep
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is a popular traditional rhyme. The earliest surviving version of a rhyme dates from 1731.  It is very easy for kids and preschoolers to memorize the song as it is a single stanza in trochaic metre.

Little Robin Redbreast
“Little Robin Redbreast” is relatively most varied nursery rhyme because  it's earliest was crude. In most of the English speaking world, this English rhyme is accompanied by fingerplay for kids to enjoy.

Old King Cole
"Old King Cole" is a popular British nursery rhyme, which dates back to 1708. In the rhyme, identity of King Cole is still controversial and not known and is only identified as any historical figure.

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 
“Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” was first composed by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid 19th century. The rhyme is used as a singing game, which involves holding hands in a circle and moving around to the first verse and to the next verses, kids break up to imitate different actions. 

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