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    Nursery Rhyme Analysis

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    The book, There were 10 in the bed and other counting nursery rhymes (Press, 2015) offers young children in the foundation years of schooling an enjoyable way to practice counting using rhyme and patterns as a tool for remembering the number sequences allowing them to learn how numbers are used (Siemon, 2011) and was chosen because of its ascetic presentation along with the simple flow of the rhyming words which make it a pleasant easy to follow book for a young audience to learn from. The mathematical

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    Why Nursery Rhymes Are Good For Children Intro- Nursery rhyme; a short rhyme for children that often tells a story. For over 200 years, nursery rhymes have had a great impact on children and their minds. Nursery rhymes make kids laugh, give them a sense of imagination, and boost their early vocabulary development. Para #1- To begin, nursery rhymes are great at making kids laugh. The rhyme Humpty Dumpty is just one of the many laughter-filled rhymes that just simply make children giggle. Afterall

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    “Run, Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me because i’m the gingerbread man.”We all remember these nursery rhymes growing up. These nursery rhymes do not sound amiss to us, but in reality it is. Adolescents shouldn’t absorb something that they’re not capable of comprehending. For every nursery rhyme there is a dark meaning behind them . For example, “Ring Around the Rosies,” isn’t just about kids circling around a bed of roses, but of a black plague in 1665 in London. The verse “ The rosies

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    Conventions of Nursery Rhymes The conventional nursery rhyme is a vehicle for educating children at an early age of development. Originally constructed to help with language acquisition and understanding, these rhymes are often characterized as “very short poems designed specifically to teach children in one way or another” (Grace 13 Sept 2013). The purpose of a nursery rhyme is to teach language to children by using different techniques helping to stimulate their imagination, while at the same

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    Nursery Rhymes

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    Nursery Rhymes “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, “Jack and Jill”, and “Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater” are very well known around the world. They are told to our children at a young age and are remembered forever. Should they really be told and remembered? There is a lot of dark twisted violent meanings behind some of these simple nursery rhymes. “Ring around the Rosy”, “Humpty Dumpty”, “Rock-a-Bye, Baby”, “London Bridge”, “Jack be Nimble “ and “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” are some of the rhymes I can vividly

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    silver bells, And cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row." The Mary who is being referenced in this nursery rhyme is Mary Tudor, more famously known as “Bloody Mary”. Mary Tudor was the daughter of King Henry VIII. When Mary Tudor became Queen she was loyal to the Catholic Church and anyone who practiced the protestant faith became martyrs. The Garden which is referenced in this nursery rhyme referred to cemeteries where these martyrs would be buried. The reference of silver bells and cockle shells

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    Teach Nursery Rhymes

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    ursery rhymes are a fun way to use your imagination and a wonderful way to teach your child how to read, listen, and speak. Nursery rhyme activities are wonderful in teaching children at a party or in the classroom. Here are some great tips for teaching nursery rhymes: Glow in the dark stars can be used to light up a dark room for Hey Diddle, Diddle. You can create a cow jumping over the moon and when the lights go out, everyone will be reminded of this nursery rhyme. The glow in the dark stars

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    Violence in Nursery Rhymes Nursery rhymes, fables and fairy tales have always been a part of childhood. They usually have some type of moral meaning or happy ending. Initially, most of these rhymes and stories were not meant for children, lots of them mocked the history of politics or they revealed abuse toward children. Women also received their share of violence in some of the cute little jingles. For example; Peter Peter pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her He put her in a pumpkin

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    When I was in preschool I liked being read nursery rhymes because I still didn't know how to read yet. I really liked when we would sing. I would sing the songs for the rest of the day. I guess that's all I remember. In elementary school we had centers where we would go around the classroom. I remember there was a center where you could listen to the books. I really liked to go listen to the books so that was always what I was ready for. Every time my teacher would say to change centers I didn't

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    Nursery Rhymes are used not only to entertain and stimulate the imagination, but also to help educate children by promoting literacy and language skills, using easy to remember musical rhymes. If you're considering teaching your children nursery rhymes, you'll be glad to know that there are several benefits. Whether you're planning on teaching them old rhymes, or newer ones, all of them will provide a unique experience for your child. In recent years, studies have shown that teaching your children

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