Rhythm and rhyme

Judith Stevens
Wednesday, January 3, 2001

Children can be introduced to the joys of language through ryhmes and rhythms they will be proud to show off and to share Early years settings all need a wide variety of books which contain poetry, rhymes and rhyming and rhythmic text. Many children are familiar with nursery rhymes they have heard at home, often from children's television or cassette tapes. Lots of young children will have had pleasurable, reassuring experiences when family members or friends have shared soothing lullabies or rhymes with them when they were babies.