I recently had our first quarter parent-teacher conferences. One of the topics we discussed is the importance of learning how to rhyme and I highlighted a few of the benefits that come from listening to stories that rhyme. Children learn to anticipate the rhyming word, which leads to important prediction skills necessary for reading later on. Cognition and social-emotional skills increase also as a child looks forward to interacting with a book that is filled with rhymes. That is why they ask you to read the same book again and again. Phonological awareness is another benefit as well. Alison Lee Felt from ReadingPartners.org states, "Through exposure to rhyme in books kids learn to segment words into phonemes, improving their decoding and comprehension abilities." Click here to read more on the Read Across America page. Our preschool curriculum kit from Experience Preschool comes with a month worth of literacy lesson plans, including a nursery rhyme poster and several activities to go with it. This month, Jack Be Nimble is our nursery rhyme which I displayed at our Circle Time area. During one of our skill time sessions, I substituted the name "Jack" with a child's name card. Once the child recognized their name, they jumped over our pretend candlestick while we emphasized the words quick and candlestick. Our preschool curriculum will include other hands-on games that will focus on phonemic awareness also. Cube cards (letters, photos that begin with the letter sound, numbers and shapes) are always included. We build the letters with loose letter parts, practice writing them in the monthly journal, write them in sensory trays, etc. I love that I don't have to spend hours writing lesson plans, gathering supplies, and worrying that I have included all of the necessary skills. There are times that I will change an activity to suit our day or the children in the group. However, so much is already planned out for me. Love! Experience Preschool provides a book each month and will suggest others as well. Dr. Seuss is our go-to for emphasizing opposites and rhyming. The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a list of culturally appropriate books that feature rhyming. Click here for the list. What are some of your favorite books that feature rhymes? Please share below!
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AuthorSheila Anderson has over 25 years experience in the Early Childhood Field and still loves going to "school" everyday. Archives
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