Review of Related Literature
“Please Don't Kill off our Nursery Rhymes”, an article by Damon Syson in a UK blog online mentions a survey has shown that parents claims that nursery rhymes too old fashioned. Only 36 percent of parents in the UK regularly use nursery rhymes, 25 percent admit they have never sung one with their child.[1]
In 2007, another survey shows Nursery Rhymes are on the verge of extinction, 50 percent of the parents could not recall a single rhyme, 37 percent of the parents admitted that they hardly sing to their kids. Thirty eight percent admitted that they sing only pop songs to their children.
The survey, which was conducted for the pre-school channel Cartoonito,[2] quizzed more than 1,200 parents across Britain. Out of the total respondents, only 12 percent could recollect full three rhymes and those in London and the Midlands were least probable to know a complete rhyme. About 71 per cent did not know the historical meanings of the rhymes and only 28 percent of young parents sing to their kids 'all the time'. [3]
Cognitive, social, language and physical development are stimulated through the use of appropriate practices for young children. Involving active learning and active play is the process by which young children explore their world. Examples: observing, smelling, tasting, listening, touching and playing.
"In my November blog post, I shared information about how speech and language develop.." is the introductory statement of Martha Burns, Ph.D in her blog.4 A powerful statement that sums up the whole idea of the essay which purely emphasizes the role of Nursery Rhymes in Teaching: mainly or even solely for developing speech and language.
Then, she continues: "But what a joy for a child, who is trying desperately to learn how to order words into sentences, to realize that part of the joy of language is the variety and flexibility. Language is not just about meaning but about sound, rhythm, rhyming, and variation."
[1] women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/.../article6947762.ece
[2] Cartoonito is a British preschool television channel in the UK, available in both English and French.
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