The document discusses the objectives and benefits of using nursery rhymes and songs with children. It aims to explore how nursery rhymes can help children learn language and identify their impact on language development. Some key benefits mentioned include enhancing theme, rhyme patterns and rhythm, developing auditory memory and listening skills, promoting phonemic awareness, developing motor skills, activating visual awareness, and making language learning fun.

1. Let’s Sing & Dance
OBJECTIVES
a. To identify the impact of nursery
rhymes and songs in learning a
language.
b. To explore the various activities
that can be carried out with
nursery rhymes and songs.

2. 1. It helps to enhance the theme of the topic.
2. Children can hear & see the rhyme
patterns, rhyming words and rhythm.
3. Appreciation of songs, poems, nursery rhymes
help children to remember the words and help
develop auditory memory skills.
4. Listening skills are enhanced via repetition of
songs and nursery rhymes
5. This is an important skill as it is one step
towards learning to read.
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3. 6. Nursery rhymes and songs can be use to
enhance phonemic awareness. It can be
used as means to teach phonemes.
7. Finger play rhymes and action songs are
a delightful way to help children develop
motor skills and co-ordination.
8. Poems and verses use words to paint
pictures and nursery rhymes help to
activate that awareness.
9. Through nursery rhymes and
songs, children become interested.
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4. 10. While children read, sing , play and act out
nursery rhymes together you are conveying to
your children that sounds make words and
that words are fun.
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5. • Craft
• Role Play
• Dramatization
• Pre- reading activity