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The BBC School Radio page for Nursery Rhymes can be helpful. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/teach\/school-radio\/nursery-rhymes-a-to-z-index\/z4ddgwx\">here<\/a> to visit the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/p1transitionatjhpsandsncn\/uploads\/sites\/18209\/2021\/05\/11100053\/Nursery-Rhymes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage your child to look at books. Show them the way to hold a book, to turn the pages and to follow print from left to right and top to bottom. 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