April 24, 2013

Help for Listening Skills & Reading Fluency




Nursery rhymes are fun, simple, and 
there's a timeless treasure trove of
beautiful ones to guide us in helping
youngsters improve
listening skills & reading fluency. 





April 22, 2013

Nursery Rhyme Printables

http://www.prekinders.com/nursery-rhymes/

The. Best. Spot.
 

Visit Karen Cox's
PreKinders



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April 20, 2013

Webbing Into Literacy


Teaching little ones to read?

Discover this collection of 71 
classic nursery rhymes to help
them master rhyming patterns and
promote phonemic awareness
while having lots of fun.  

April 18, 2013

April 16, 2013

Meet Jean Van't Hul, The Artful Parent




Jean's a writer, mom, and children's art advocate.
In other words she's "The Artful Parent!"
Her ideas will enrich the lives of youngsters-
catch her on Face Book, Twitter or via her web site.


April 11, 2013

April 8, 2013

Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy


ABOUT A-Rhyme-A-Week 
This phonological
awareness program features 30 different nursery rhymes.
 

The phonograms or "rimes" emphasized in our program were
first identified by Richard Wylie and Donald Durrell in
1970. 


Examining a list of 1, 437 words commonly spoken
by children in primary grades
(Murphy, 1957), Wylie & Durrell
identified 37 rimes that accounted for almost 500 words of Murphy's list.
 

In determining the order of rhymes and rimes to present weekly, 
they follow Fry's (1998) suggested consideration of frequency.


April 7, 2013

April 2, 2013