Children’s Songs and Nursery Rhymes

Children’s songs and nursery rhymes help children enhance their skills in a number of areas, including vocal and motor imitation, social-emotional development, information processing, and application of knowledge. In fact, evidence suggests that nursery rhymes and songs help children build early literacy skills by teaching rhyming, expanding vocabulary, and developing memory.

Teaching children songs and rhymes is an important aspect of early childhood development and can be lots of fun for children and parents alike. For those parents whose children love songs and nursery rhymes, or for those that would like their children to do so, props can be a fun and motivating addition.  The next time you stop in your local craft or dollar store, why not keep a look out for some of these fun props?

• Plastic spiders (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
• Large (5-6”) foam star cut-outs (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
• Plastic or wooden apples (Way Up High in the Apple Tree)
• Rubber ducks (Five Little Ducks)
• Assorted toy farm animals (Old MacDonald)