IN THE BEGINNING
Before your child can formulate their first words, you begin to tune your senses to the sounds of your baby. A mother listens to the baby’s sounds it makes from the wails, screams, and laughter. Like the mother the child takes just as much time to observe the sounds we as adults are making. This is where rhymes begin to come in handy.
WON’T YOU NURSE THEM?
Nursery, when defined is described as a space where children can safely play & grown. A nursery rhyme is a rhyme that breeds such a space through poetry. Why wouldn’t you take the chance to play with your child? Children need a lot of nurturing during the early stages and one of the easiest ways to play with their own at such a beginner developmental stage is through the sounds of rhyme. The child is able to identify the sounds and spaces you are exposing it to within the inflections and tones of your voice. Nursery rhymes even at an early developmental stage is already established in the progress of your child’s growth.
MUSIC TO YOUR EARS
I grew up around learning Music and it has tremendously developed my ear in so many levels. Rhymes have that same effect since it is so closely related to music. Rhymes are not just for your babies, it’s for the brain’s growth as a whole. Depending on the perspective you choose to highlight your deliver, will determine whether the sounds your child rears is complete music to your ears. Begin developing their ears to listen to the sounds, the words being used, and the rhymes can only shed light on what the mind has to hide. These rhymes are also a great way for your children to be exposed poetry building their cognitive skills and exposure to various types of verbiage.
WHAT ARE THE WAYS
There are various ways to benefit from exploring rhymes or poetry for your child. One of the benefits that this can help is the playfulness of parent to child relationships. Creating word families or simply exploring different words within a rhyme can influence playfulness. Never be bored when interacting with rhymes.
Another way rhymes can benefit your child’s progress is creating more motivation towards reading. Many children can find it a struggle to take interest in reading. However, through positive parent associations and poetry one’s child can feel the confidence to properly get through a book, if it rhymed. These not only breeds confidence but achievements in goals for your child. Your child will grow to be very logical and grow their intellect with the growing supply of poetry books out in the world.
Rhymes can also gather one’s thoughts to truly think outside the box. The child’s cognitive skills are bound to increase when surrounded by rhymes at an early age. All a parent needs to do is research a few rhymes on the world wide web or even go down to your local library to discover with your child the different words lying there ready for them to explore. Simply read with your child or memorize a rhyme with your child or play with words simply to make a song. You might find yourselves singing along!