Kids primarily love mixing fun and games while being taught. A regime and clock wise precision in routine life fails to keep them interested in other things for a long time. Instead of choosing a pastime as TV or just playing indoors parents can cuddle up with their kids on the sofa or while driving too.
Infants love sounds and it enhances their perception. Speak in a hushed tone or sweet whispers and notice the shifting of eyes or a deep chuckle. This is the first step in learning and also Developing the listening skills.
Once the child knows the meaning of words then he starts repeating, our duty here is to encourage and then utilize the words in different sentences by which the child learns even more.
Mother goose nursery rhymes are highly educative and most of them are sing song rhymes. ‘A tisket a tasket' teaches the concept of lost and found.
‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ is the ancient rhyme which can be used to learn opposites i.e., the mouse ran ‘up’ the clock or the mouse ran ‘down’. ‘Goosey Goosey Gander’ too goes upstairs and downstairs to wander. The kids do not feel the pressure in learning as the fun element rides high.
The tongue twister in ‘This is the house that Jack built’ is quite a mouthful. It advisable to better rehearse before you engage in this poem. However this is the best rhyme to convey the concept of connecting things. Linking one item and its specific use and projecting a broad picture is essential in the growing years.
‘Mary had a little lamb’ and ‘Humpty Dumpty are simple and sweet poems. Funny rhymes like ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ do not actually make sense. Nonsense does appeal to children and slap stick animation like falling off suddenly is sure to have them in splits. These are ice breakers and used in play schools or crèches to develop a liking to the centre and also building a link with teachers and other play mates.
Number game is taught with ‘Baa Baa black sheep’, one two buckle my shoe and ‘One two three four five, once I caught a fish alive’. The counting, additions and subtractions can be well comprehended by kids when taught by way of rhymes. When math is introduced the similar connections help the child ease his anxiety while learning the basics.
Food and eating themes are easy in Mother Goose rhymes like ‘Pease Porridge Hot’, ‘Hot cross buns’, ‘Little Jack Horner’ and ‘Hot boiled beans’. ‘I am Mother Goose’ and ‘This is the Land of mother Goose’ are adventure treats.
The idea is to enact a scene by teaching Mother Goose rhymes as this helps the children to recite better.
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| SOME RHYMES |
| Hey Diddle Diddle |
| Baa, Baa, Black Sheep |
| Hickory, Dickory, Dock |
| Jack and Jill went up the hill |
| Little Miss Muffet |
| One, two |
| Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake |
| Rock-a-bye, baby |
To market, to market, to buy a
fat pig |
Wee Willie Winkie runs through
the town |
| Two Twin Aeroplanes |
| Engine Engine Number Nine |
| Little Bo Peep |
| Five little freckled frogs |
| Four little monkeys |
| A tisket A tasket |
| Goosey Goosey Gander |
| One Two Three Four Five |
| Hot cross buns |
| Pat a cake |
| Rolly Polly Rolly Polly |
| Open Shut them |
| After a bath |
| Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater |
| Row Row Row your boat |
| Mary Mary Quite contrary |
| I love you, you love me |
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