5 little ducks Makaton

Our Nursery Rhyme of the week is 5 little ducks went swimming one day and if you click on the link above you will be able to view the Makaton signs to go along with the rhyme. Please point out the rhyming words to your child.

Singing rhymes with your child can impact their education as this aids their ability to hear sounds within words and identify other rhyming words. I will be gathering data on the children’s knowledge before it has been focused on and after and will share it’s impact on the blog in the near future.

Here is a helpful page on Facebook where the Speech and Language Therapists put up helpful tips on prompting your child’s communication skills.

One, two, three, four, five Makaton

Please try this rhyme out at home with your child pointing out the rhyming words this is very important in raising your child’s phonological awareness. Miss Clark is collecting data on the children’s knowledge and awareness of each rhyme before it becomes our focus and again after. I will share these results in pie chart form in the next few weeks. I recently attached our first pie chart on Hickory, Dickory Dock which showed an increase of knowledge and awareness when the rhyme was focused on at home and within the ECC in a partnership. Please try and incorporate this into your every day routine Nursery Rhymes are portable: Here are some examples of when they could be sang…..

*While in the car on the way to the ECC each day

*When out walking in the outdoor environment

*When your child is having a bath or shower

*Before or after story time  at home.

*While making the dinner or tidying up.

*While visiting some relatives.