MPISSchool

RHYMS AND SONGS

Poetry and music are elements of each human society. They show many aspects of its culture - the relationship to the past and the ancestors, the faith, the fun and the anxieties of its people, the hopes and the view of the future. Music and poetry have immanent powers, for example they give people energy who had none before or they can change people’s mood. They occur in all phases of one’s life from birth to death. So they play an important role in the process of learning and using the mother tongue.

Children grow up with songs and rhymes and develop their first language by them. Apart from being the most important spoken language, songs and rhymes are the first experienced parts of communication in the children’s mother tongue. It is a great way to help anyone remember words and concepts. Using different rhyming words helps children develop an ear for phonics, thus, making it easy for them to create words by combining sounds. Teaching them rhymes & songs also helps them become better readers in future. At MPIS our little darlings look like a delight when they imitate the teachers by making funny faces and movements to match the words. They listen and react to nursery rhymes and finger games spoken and often acted by their parents. They go to sleep with lullabies sung by their closest care-givers or try to imitate little songs by babbling. So songs and rhymes give them an intimate feeling, a special connection with their human environment and influence the acquisition of their

Singing nursery rhymes can also help develop children’s social skills as it is a great opportunity for children to get to know their peers. Sitting next to one another and holding hands during the song row row your boat is ideal for helping develop those social skills. As children develop at different rates, using nursery rhymes will support children’s communication and language development at whatever stage they are .