Teaching Kids Rhyming Songs

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ann Kennedy on behalf of expertvillage.com and this session we'll be talking about rhyming and reading games. Interactive rhyming in songs. We looked at one book earlier that technology for interactive types of rhymes, we've looked at other books that have rhymes and tongue twisters. Songs are so so important, even if you can't sing like I can't sing, but it's important to sing with and for your child for them to hear singing and to interact with it. This particular song is a very very old song but it works and it's something as simple, I can say it almost as a poem, this old man, he played one, he played knick knack on my thumb with a knick knack patty whack, throw the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home. Now it's a song, and a lot of your rhymes you can make into songs. I can't sing but watch what happens and I'm going to ask the child to watch me and all of a sudden they'll start picking up the same repetitive actions that I'll do. This old man, he played one, what am I doing? Showing a little bit about numbers. This old man, he played one, he played knick knack on my thumb. Child knows that's a thumb, I'm pointing that out. Back again, this old man, he played one, he played knick knack on my thumb, with a knick knack patty whack, [clapping] we're learning to clap to the beat, with a knick knack patty whack, throw the dog a bone, I'm teaching the action words. This old man came rolling home. This is one of the funnest songs to use because you're bringing in so many concepts and things and you can teach a number of different points with it. Sing with, to and for your child and stand up for attitude."