What are nursery rhymes? Does this word have any meaning for modern children and their parents? What is the point of using nursery rhymes, and how can they be useful for the younger generation? Russian folk nursery rhymes is a special genre of oral folk art. Ripped short stories, rhymes and songs combine with simple movements. This is the whole charm of nursery rhymes: they can be told to children from a very young age. By memorizing words and movements combined with them, the child trains memory and fine motor skills, remembers the names of body parts, animals, and much more.
In most cases, parents do not even think about what nursery rhymes are and how they can be useful for their child. However, educational institutions have long adopted folklore. Many short nursery rhymes are still used in kindergartens for taking physical minutes, promoting hygienic procedures, and also as a sound accompaniment to massage.
When did the nursery rhymes appear?
The exact date when the Russian nursery rhymes appeared cannot be called by any historian. It is only known that they were used during the reign of Vladimir, it was then that the first written mention of them appeared. Unfortunately, many texts have not reached our time or were modified due to the fact that words and expressions are outdated and out of use. Perhaps the only nursery rhymes that have not yielded to the influence of time are those that contain descriptions of animals and birds.
The use of nursery rhymes in raising children has always been the norm in Russia. In every family, regardless of their well-being and social status, they knew what nursery rhymes were and used them in any contact with children. Their melodic sound and semantic positive component helped to establish closer contact with the child, calm him down and set him up for productive interaction with adults. Songs of nursery rhymes were often composed by mothers, grandmothers and nannies on the go, which made them unique. Unfortunately, many monuments of literature have not survived to this day.
However, today there are short poems that can be used in the process of raising children. Literally every step from waking up in the morning to falling asleep in the evening can be combined with nursery rhymes that not only set the baby on a positive wave, but also help him learn a lot of necessary knowledge.
Nurseries for the development of speech and fine motor skills
Without exception, all the folk tricks during utterance are accompanied by movements. This plays a large role in the development of fine motor skills in young children. Known to all, the "Magpie" refers precisely to such poems.
Magpie-white-sided
I cooked porridge, fed the children
(circular movements are made by the finger on the palm).
The first gave, the second gave,
The third gave, the fourth gave,
And she didn’t give it to the fifth
(mother takes turns touching each finger, bending it to her palm).
You didn't chop wood
You didn’t heat the stove
You didn’t carry water.
You have nothing
(thumb swings slightly with a free hand).
When pronouncing each line, the child, first with the help of adults, and then independently, performs movements with his fingers: leads them on the palm of his other hand, counts the fingers, bends them, holds them in a bent position. This nursery rhyme, thanks to fine, precisely calibrated movements, initiates the development of both hemispheres of the baby’s brain. In addition, “Magpie” helps the child to master certain social attitudes in the family - everyone should help with the housework. The vocabulary that is required of the child during the pronunciation of this nursery rhyme is small, but all phrases and sounds are built in such a way that it is easy for him to pronounce and memorize them.
Nursery Rhymes for Easy Awakening
Awakening in many children is not very easy. In this case, Russian nursery rhymes, which are combined with gymnastics and light massage, can help.
Slippers
(parents make stroking movements throughout the body of the child).
Here they are - bbw bbw
(stroking the sides and tummy of the child).
Here are the legs-walkers
(legs are stroked, easily bent at the knees and straightened).
Here are the grab handles
(the handles are stroked, bent and unbent at the elbows, parted to the sides).
Here are the ears
(slightly rubbed ears).
Here is the breathing nose
(touch the nose).
Here are the eye-watchers
(the child opens his eyes, blinks).
Here is the mouth-tongue
(child shows language).
That’s the mind.
(stroking the child on the head).
In addition to massage, such nursery rhymes help the child remember the name of the body parts. This is achieved not in the process of focused training, but in a playful and easy way.
Self-Service Nursery Rhymes
Each parent wants to accustom their child to water procedures, because very often the kids are capricious, do not want to wash their hands, and even more so their face. Folk nursery rhymes can come to the rescue, pronouncing which during washing, you can distract the child and turn water procedures into a fun game. Here is one of them:
Water, water, vodichka,
Mind our face
To make the eyes shine
To cheeks rosy
Laughed to mouth
I had a bite to make a little tooth.
Sometimes the nursery rhymes can be slightly modified by inserting the name of the child or his favorite toy into the text. This will contribute to the fact that the baby will feel its direct involvement in what is happening.
Nursery rhymes
Lack of appetite in children can be fought in different ways, and Russian folk tricks are no exception. Word by word, spoon by spoon - the child in the process of a kind of game eats all the food prepared for him.
Who is our favorite?
The first spoon - for mom.
And the second for whom?
Yes, for your dad!
Well, a third full spoon
Misha eats for a cat.
Eat for a woman and grandfather,
A couple of spoons - for a neighbor,
For Masha’s girlfriend,
A spoon for Arkasha
And then for girlfriend’s sake
Eat scraping from the plate.
It is important to include in the nursery rhymes that are read with food, the name of the child and fully join the game yourself, changing the timbre of the voice and intonation as the plot develops. In order to feed a pretentious kid, sometimes you have to play whole performances, where toys are mentioned as heroes in nursery rhymes.
Nurseries while dressing and going for a walk
It is very difficult for kids to get dressed for a walk in the fresh air. A child cannot always put on his own shoes or fasten his jacket, but refuses adult help. In this case, you can unobtrusively help him by condemning nursery rhymes:
Where are the machine boots?
This one is exactly from the right leg,
This one is exactly from the left leg.
If the rain suddenly starts
The boot will not fall.
Where are the sister buttons?
They don’t want to put up with a noose.
One circle, two circles,
Come home, my friend!
Buttons go smart
In loops with your head.
One two Three,
We got dressed - look!
Nursery Rhymes
During your stay in the fresh air, you can talk with your child nursery rhymes about natural phenomena and surrounding objects, including animals. This will diversify the course of the walk and help the child learn a few new words.
Snow, crunch,
Like a cabbage bunny
Wind-breeze, sing us
Like a nightingale in the spring.
Among other things, such nursery rhymes allow the child to build an associative series that helps to compare different phenomena and sounds among themselves: a crunch of snow with a crunch of cabbage, the sound of wind in tree branches with birdsong, the rustle of leaves with the rustling of paper, and much more.
Nursery Rhymes
Do not forget about the nursery rhymes and while lulling the child, especially to those mothers who do not know or do not want to sing lullabies. Folk nursery rhymes about dreams, falling asleep and dreams are very melodic and easy to perceive.
Lyuli, lyuli, cradles,
Gulenki arrived.
The ghouls are flying out
Kate carry a dream, a dream.
They will coo
Katya will fall asleep.
Developing, the child absorbs a lot of information. Knowing what the nursery rhymes are, from early childhood the baby masters a large number of words, masters the variety of intonations that give the same words special meaning when pronouncing. All this helps the baby to feel the beauty of their native language and master its various forms.