Nancy Stewart

This month’s offering is a perfect example of the power of the simple nursery rhyme. Put it to a melody, and you have super brain food! Nursery rhymes build phonological awareness, vocabulary, and using the provided printable pages, letter knowledge, print awareness, and print motivation– five of the six skills children need to become successful readers. We begin building these skills from birth, simply by reading and singing with children. Then read below for the specific ways you can use this song.

Or, use the same 8X10 pages to make overheads, so children and read and sing along.

Have children add their own rhymes

Check out To Market, To Market, by Anne Miranda. from the library. This beautifully illustrated version of the song takes it in a whole different (and silly!) direction. Notice that the rhyming syllable/s or words are in red. Point this out to children, so they can see what makes the rhyming sound.

NOTE: The recorded version of this song has instrumental spaces built in to allow time to turn the page when using the printed materials.