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Classic
rhyming songs and others a great way to expose your child to rhyming, a very
important pre-reading skill. You can either teach these songs to your child
yourself and purchase them on a CD or DVD that you allow your child to
listen to or watch. It is important to take some time to recite these
rhymes with your child. Make it fun, make this an activity you do in the
car, or at bedtime, allowing it to become a part of your daily routine.
You can even sing along with the CD together.
More fun
and creative ideas:
1. Have your child to come up with their own rhymes. You will
be amazed at what they can come up with, the sillier and more fun the
better! You will most likely need to discuss with your child words that
rhyme and point out to them several times how to discover which words rhyme
before they are able to come up with the rhymes on their own.
2.
Play a game of “I Spy”. Begin by saying, “I spy with my little eye
something that rhymes with sail,” and they could say, “mail”. You take
turns with your child as they learn to rhyme everyday words.
3.
Recite nursery rhymes with your child such as “Jack and Jill” and “There Was
an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”. These are all good options for using
rhymes with your child. You can even begin to leave out the rhyming word
and have your child, fill in the blank. This helps them to develop their
own skills of rhyming.
Rhyming allows your child to become more aware of the sounds in language.
Through rhyming games your child will focus on sounds and learn to
distinguish one from another.
Even before learning to read having activities such as these as a part of a
child’s routine will help them to obtain the skills that they will need when
it does come time for them to learn to read.
Nursery Rhyme CD
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