Using Nursery Rhymes in Preschool
Benefits of Nursery Rhymes
- Patterns: finding language patterns in rhyming
- Retelling: by reciting nursery rhymes often, children can re-tell the rhyme based on it's beginning, middle and end.
- Numerals: some rhymes include numerals, giving us an opportunity to bring math in nursery rhymes as well!
- Rhyming: one of the easiest ways to teach rhyming is through nursery rhymes!
- Rhythm: Nursery Rhymes help children hear and replicate the rhythm within the rhyme which practices pitch, voice and volume.
- Vocabulary: Nursery Rhymes are full of new-to-preschoolers words that can be learned.
❤️️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BENEFITS
- Pretending: Children can easily act out nursery rhymes and pretend to be the characters.
- Relating: Children can also relate to the characters in the text, creating a deeper understanding of the text.
- Bonding: Nursery Rhymes are a powerful way for children to bond to the reader. When children are having fun, bonding with caregivers can occur.
Using Nursery Rhymes in Preschool
Now you know the why. What about the how?
The easiest way I implement Nursery Rhymes into my day at preschool is by focusing on one during a week at circle time. We do an activity related to the Nursery Rhyme each day - it's short, sweet and powerful!
Day 1: Read the Rhyme Poster & Use Puppets
Day 2: Re-read the Rhyme & Use the Pocket Chart Pieces
Day 3: Re-read and Sequence pictures of the Rhyme
Day 4: Re-read and Act out the Rhyme
Day 5: Re-read and Letter Hunt the Rhyme
By implementing these different types of activities with each nursery rhyme, you end up squeezing out every last drop of learning opportunities from the rhymes!
Using nursery rhymes in preschool doesn't have to be difficult, or time consuming!
You can easily bring nursery rhymes into classroom and if you are looking to save even more time, check out the Nursery Rhyme Bundle 1 or Nursery Rhyme Bundle 2 (pictured above). They are easy to prep and you can prep a year full of rhymes for your littles!
Tell me, how do you use nursery rhymes in preschool?
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