On many playgrounds, from elementary school to high school, students often enjoy playing and singing the rhyme “Miss Mary Mack.” Perhaps the most fun aspect of the ditty is the clapping games that go ...

The early years of a child's life are a remarkable development period, particularly in language acquisition. While many parents instinctively engage in sing-song speech and nursery rhymes with their ...

Scientists have found that infants learn languages from rhythmic information - the rise and fall of tone - as seen in nursery rhymes or songs. Sarah McKinley reports Parents should speak to babies in ...

Justin Fletcher has the first of two sessions using movement to explore popular nursery rhymes. This two-part unit focuses on movements based on traditional nursery rhymes, to help develop children’s ...