Nursery rhymes are traditional songs or poems taught to children.
These rhymes assist children in developing vocabulary and learning different word families. Parents sing these rhymes in melodious tunes to calm and relax their children. Specific actions, soft music, motions or dances add to the fun of enjoying rhymes.
Most of the cultural traditions feature nursery rhymes for children that are passed down from one generation to another.
These rhymes were originated in the 17th century in Europe and further the trend of music and rhymes was spread worldwide as the most important element of learning skills.
Parents sing gentle and sweet rhymes to their children. These melodious rhymes can sway a child to sleep and can also calm them down. Many parents use these rhymes as a part of the learning process when playing with their children.
Nursery rhymes are exclusively composed for younger children who are the beginners to word families and language. Lyrics, nature, and storyline of most of the rhymes are often unfriendly but yet it’s soothing and relaxing.
Most popular nursery rhymes are ‘Jack and Jill’, ‘Humpty Dumpty’, ‘Sing a song of sixpence’, ‘Hey diddle diddle’, ‘Ring a Ring o Rosies’, ‘Remember Remember’, ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’, ‘Chuuby Cheeks Dimple Chin’, ‘Rain Rain Go Away’ and may more.
There is an endless list of nursery rhymes.
Lyrics of Nursery rhymes are as follows :
Twinkle Twinkle
“Twinkle Twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are;
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.”
Rain Rain
“Rain, rain go away,
come again another day;
Little Jhony wants to play,
Rain, rain go away.”