nursery rhymes

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Does anyone else have any thoughts about the fairly recent demise of the traditional nursery rhyme? I once worked with someone who said that the problem is that there are no recent nursery rhymes. I disagree. I think nursery rhymes are very important for children who are learning to develop language skills and pre-reading skills. I think that children who learn nursery rhymes can become better readers than those who don't. Obviously this isn't true in 100% of cases, but I think that concepts such as rhyme, words and vocabulary, which are found in nursery rhymes are really important for children. Plus, the time spent with caregivers learning the rhymes/saying them together also benefits the child.