Reception were delighted to take part in World Nursery Rhyme Week this year. The initiative, launched in 2013, promotes the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development and education with a focus on how nursery rhymes boost early language and literacy skills.
“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight.”
Mem Fox, Reading Magic.
Nursery rhymes also provide a fun way to support early numeracy skills and can help children to develop social, physical and emotional skills.
We completed several activities throughout the week. We explored a different nursery rhyme each day:
Singing nursery rhymes is a wonderful activity you can enjoy doing together at home.
Please click on the link below to see Reception performing one of the nursery rhymes we looked at!