What do you think of these songs for kids? Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes are a great way to teach kids lessons of life. The songs are fun and catchy, grabbing the kid’s attention pretty quickly and yes, easy to memorize. Not only are these songs for children entertaining but help encourage body movements through dancing, strengthen muscles and joints.
Rhymes like twinkle twinkle or Humpty dumpty have been around for ages, as long as one could remember. Generations have grown up listening to these songs and once, these were a part of the educational curriculum, where every child was asked to learn a few good ones by heart. Here are some nursery rhymes popular with the kids:
Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes
This is surely one catchy kid’s song. Mosaic Nursery, a top-listed best nursery in Dubai makes sure every kid enrolled with them knows this song. This rhyme is fun and involves the kids quickly with its rhythm. And most importantly, through this song, most kids are quick in learning the names of body parts while innocently enjoying themselves.
The “Hello” Song
Tired of teaching your children the basic mannerism?
Because kids have a shorter focus span, it is hard to make them sit quietly and teach them anything new. The hello song is a great way to teach children routine greeting like how are you, I am fine etc. Children love this song! It has a catchy tune to it, and while dancing to the music, they quickly learn the lyrics. Once they know the song by heart, sit and tell them what it means!
Finger Family
Daddy finger, daddy’s finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?
As entertaining as it sounds, the finger family introduces the five fingers to kids along with the basic mannerisms. If someone asks you how do you do, the children will know what to answer! This song is super simple and fun, loved by millions of kids around the world.
Old McDonald Had A Farm
Who doesn’t love this nursery rhyme? From kids to adults, you’ll find everyone dancing to it! The old McDonald isn’t just a rhyme that sounds good to the years but has a lesson in it. It introduces various farm animals to the children along with the sounds they make. Children love singing it and hence, without much effort end up learning animal names and sounds!
If You’re Happy
Remember this one?
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands?
The rhyme gets you on your feet, forcing you to move a leg. It simply encourages children to observe, sing and dance along, involving physically in the activity and keeping fit.
What is a Nursery Rhyme Poem?
Kids are all up for the play, dancing and singing. Their energy never lessens when it comes to finish something they love to do, so why not inculcate this activity in the form of a colorful book that helps them getting one step closer to the books than they already were. Nursery rhymes are very helpful to keep your children happy and satisfied. Preschools in Dubai practice different nursery rhymes in choruses and sometimes with different instruments too. Thus, learning is made easier.
Mosaic Nursery pays special attention and time to nursery rhymes. Different many rhymes planned by the staff are practiced here but nothing can take place of the traditional rhymes in kids’ hearts. It is indeed a cheerful sight to see the enthusiasm on the sunny faces of the children when they sing a nursery rhyme to their elders with quick and cute movement of hands.
Here are few nursery rhymes taught at many nurseries in Dubai along with Mosaic nursery that keeps the hearts of the kids warm.
1. Five Little Monkeys
This fun and catchy poem is loved by the children because of its particular naughty nature. The rhyme basically focuses on the counting the numbers and letting our little ones know what a doctor does. If you haven’t listened this yet, ask your child to sing it out and watch the play. We’re pretty sure you’d love it too.
2. A Happy Family
‘I love you, you love me. We are a happy family’. This is far most loved rhyme not just by the kids but by their parents too. The poem is the true and most beautiful expression of love for family. This rhyme usually makes parents cry when any of their children song this for them.
3. Finger Family
As a fun introduction of body parts to the kids, the finger family rhyme is not only very interesting but very easy to go too. It teaches the names of the five fingers in a way that they are one family, staying together, helping each other out.
4. If You’re Happy and You Know it
‘If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands’. This rhyme is so much energetic that gets kids dancing all over the house. Teachers at preschools in Dubai think this poem plays a big role in waking up tired kids as a warm-up activity.
5. The Hello Song
Teaching kids to say their daily greetings can sometimes be a great task because they don’t tend to listen to anything that makes them feel they are being ordered. This rhyme teaches the children the manners to say greetings. The catchy phrases of the poem easily grab the attention of the kids and the easy vocals help all of them to sing the poem in a single loud voice. Thus, a beautiful melody is created.
6. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
This poem concentrates about innocently teaching the kids all their body parts. The tune is set in such a way that most of the important body parts are covered in a grouped manner. This is indeed a very cheerful song.
Mosaic nursery loves to see their kids dancing and playing over the rhymes they have taught them. Moreover, kids are sometimes encouraged to write their own poems too as home works to create more interest in critical and creative thinking.
Conclusion
Nursery rhymes are designed to grab the attention of children through simple lyrics and fun music. Most of them have a lesson hidden in it and teach children valuable stuff in the easiest of ways. They’ll observe, memorize and dance along, keeping their minds and body activities. Hence, if you wish to make learning fun for the children, let them enjoy these songs!
