The Official Newsletter of Fontana Elementary School Vol. The truth is children are born ready and able to learn. Recent brain research maintains that learning readiness activities can and should take place during infancy.
Most parents already practice learning readiness with their children without even realizing it.
Simple activities parents have been practicing with children for ages, such as reciting nursery rhymes, actually play an important role in preparing children to learn. In the case of nursery rhymes, the elements of repetition, rhythm and rhyme make them valuable language teaching tools. Parents As Teachers education consultant for the State Department of Education, the repetition present in many nursery rhymes allows babies to anticipate the words they will hear. When parents repeat rhymes and songs over and over, they are helping to develop pathways of memory in their children's brains. The rhythm inherent in nursery rhymes and children's songs reinforces infants' inborn sense of beat awareness.