Children's Songs
Most adults are familiar with the One Potato Two Potato song. It’s a fun rhyme that most kids enjoy during childhood. That nostalgia is one of the reasons why parents like to sing it to their children. But while parents are familiar with the rhyme from their own youth, they’re often unaware of just how …
This Little Light of Mine is not only a fun rhyme, but it also offers an opportunity to teach kids about space and the stars. Parents can teach their kids about the constellations that they saw, and they will find out that they can learn about new ones every night. You can teach your kids …
At first glance, coloring books and coloring pages may appear to be nothing more than a way to keep children busy. However, coloring books and coloring pages are so much more. Coloring books and pages are actually quite educational, as well as a fun, and a great way to unleash a child’s creativity. Many are …
Impact of Parent-Child Mother Goose Program So many children have been raised learning classic Mother Goose songs. A few songs that may sound familiar are Jack Be Nimble, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty. In recent years many researchers have invested a vast amount of time investigating the possible …
At early ages, most kids respond to music and will even make their own sounds with household items. So, it would stand to reason that at an early age we want to be able to teach our kids the beloved, classic children’s songs. One great way to do this is with sheet music for nursery …
The childhood song Bingo has a multitude of benefits. For one, it helps children identify letters and the corresponding sounds that goes with them. The song allows kids to practice their speech because they are repeating the same sounds. They begin to recognize the alphabet and its construction of words. When repeating letters, it brings …
Fingerplay is using your hands while saying nursery rhymes, songs, or poems. Fingerplay helps children learn how to use their cognitive skills. The children can learn how to gain control over their muscles, and learn their vocabulary. The average child has fine motor skills and they are developed through fingerplay. Below are some of the …
There are many different parents and teachers who want to identify motor skills in their children, and they will find that it is much easier to help their kids when they use simple songs. The Wheels on the Bus is the perfect song to sing with hand motions, and it teaches vocabulary while helping with …
The need to impress upon a young child the benefits of speaking with supreme precision and articulation cannot be overstated. Such skills can be developed by using phonics, letter sounds, and consonants, all of which can be attained by repeating tongue twisters; one such tongue twister is Peter Piper. By stating the letter sounds and …
There are so many things you can do to improve your children’s education before they start school. Singing rhymes with them everyday will build up the skills they need, and they will pick up on it as long as you do it everyday. One of these rhymes that are very popular with toddlers is Head …