2. Reading Skills. In almost all fingerplays, the hands move from left to right. This left-to-right
directional motion is important for children to experience, since it prepares them for the order of
the written word in English. (When you read to your children, let them follow your finger, tracing
the words so they also absorb this concept from the written words in a book.) A second important
reading concept that children must experience fully before they can become good readers is story
sequence. They need to absorb how the sequence of what happened first, second, third, etc., and
last affects the story so they can retell it in the order the events occurred.
3. Math Concepts. There is frequent use of counting in young children’s songs and rhymes, in both
a forward and backward direction. Children learn to add as they count forward and subtract as
they count backward. Other stories and songs explore words that describe size (“Billy Goats Gruff”)
and weight (“The Three Bears”) and use math-related words to define concepts such as many, few,
plenty, and so on. This contributes to the child’s basic math foundation, which will later help in math
abstractions.
4. Creative Dramatization. Rhymes and songs provide great building blocks for creative dramatics.
Children love to act out the rhymes as they say them, dramatizing the actions of the characters with
their whole bodies or using their hands and fingers. When children are encouraged by an adult to
display their creativity in an atmosphere that is free of criticism, their sense of self is strengthened
and their confidence in expressing themselves is increased.
5. Comfort and Support. Nursery rhymes and songs are “places” young children can retreat to
when they feel lonely, sad, or bewildered by their world. If a child is away from Mom or Dad and
feeling alone, they can call upon a song they shared and be reminded of the times and the feelings
they had when they sang it together.
2. Reading Skills. In almost all fingerplays, the hands move from left to right. This left-to-rightdirectional motion is important for children to experience, since it prepares them for the order ofthe written word in English. (When you read to your children, let them follow your finger, tracingthe words so they also absorb this concept from the written words in a book.) A second importantreading concept that children must experience fully before they can become good readers is storysequence. They need to absorb how the sequence of what happened first, second, third, etc., andlast affects the story so they can retell it in the order the events occurred.3. Math Concepts. There is frequent use of counting in young children’s songs and rhymes, in botha forward and backward direction. Children learn to add as they count forward and subtract asthey count backward. Other stories and songs explore words that describe size (“Billy Goats Gruff”)and weight (“The Three Bears”) and use math-related words to define concepts such as many, few,plenty, and so on. This contributes to the child’s basic math foundation, which will later help in mathabstractions.4. Creative Dramatization. Rhymes and songs provide great building blocks for creative dramatics.Children love to act out the rhymes as they say them, dramatizing the actions of the characters withtheir whole bodies or using their hands and fingers. When children are encouraged by an adult todisplay their creativity in an atmosphere that is free of criticism, their sense of self is strengthened
and their confidence in expressing themselves is increased.
5. Comfort and Support. Nursery rhymes and songs are “places” young children can retreat to
when they feel lonely, sad, or bewildered by their world. If a child is away from Mom or Dad and
feeling alone, they can call upon a song they shared and be reminded of the times and the feelings
they had when they sang it together.
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