Comments on: 6 Rhyming Activities for Reading Readiness https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Julie https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-206345 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 05:59:52 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-206345 Couldn't agree more. In our Julie Logan Music program (0-5 years) in Newcastle, NSW, those same books are absolute favourites for adding a melody. We encourage children to copy the format to create their own 'singing stories' adding rhyming verses, the sillier the better! Chanting children's nursery rhymes supports pre-reading as it provides fun repetition via a beat framework for predictable phrase length. You can enhance your child's responsiveness to instructions by adding a melody - like the tune of I'm the King of the Castle.

]]> By: Susan Call Hutchison (ReadAloudReadAlong.com) https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7872 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:01:50 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7872 No wonder your kids made rhymes all the way to school! They know how fun it is to play with words and sounds. I'm almost 60 years old, and I still think, "Rice is nice," (or even say it aloud) whenever I cook rice, just like my grandma did 55 years ago. Nursery rhymes are BASIC to cultural literacy! Thanks for such a helpful post.

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7747 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:08:59 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7747 In reply to E.S. Ivy.

I always do that, too!

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7745 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:08:18 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7745 In reply to E.S. Ivy.

It was a new idea for me, too. When I thought about all those early readers with three letter words, though, I realized, "of course!"

]]> By: E.S. Ivy https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7741 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:45:23 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7741 Oops! I meant "children's rhymes" of course, but there doesn't seem to be an edit comment option. I hit the post button without proofing. 🙂

]]> By: E.S. Ivy https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7739 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:38:53 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7739 Interesting! I had never connected children's rhyme's being popular with learning to read, but it makes sense.

]]> By: Bonnie @ Let's Play Music https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7710 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:31:03 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7710 I really love the idea of playing a having a rhyming contest - really get the creativity going! Great post 🙂

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7688 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:00:16 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7688 It's really fun and always makes my son laugh. You will LOVE Rhyming Dust Bunnies. All of Jan Thomas' books are great for read alouds

]]> By: Jackie Higgins https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/preschool-rhyme-activities-pre-literacy/#comment-7659 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:09:51 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=3871#comment-7659 I love the upside down rhymes! I'll look for the rhyming dust bunnies. That seems like it takes rhyming to a higher level of thinking. Great tip.

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