Nursery rhymes or rhymes learnt by nursery aged children are a great way of teaching children language, reading, rhythm, phonics and rhyming skills.
Research has shown that children who are familiar with nursery rhymes develop pre-reading skills faster than children who do not learn them and can detect rhymes more easily too, which is particularly important when children learn to spell.
As the tunes that accompany the rhymes as short and simple they support their memory, ensuring they are able to learn the words much more quickly and easily.
These fun catchy rhymes also develop their awareness of phonics as children sing the sounds.
While the topics and characters, help them to understand the keywords in relation to context, preparing them to read books and other text.
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