Nursery Rhymes for the Little Ones: Cheer the Baby

Usually parents (especially mothers) have been talking with their babies from birth: they tell simple rhymes or sing songs. Children listen to them with pleasure, even at the age when they still do not understand anything. Pediatricians argue that this is very important for the child, as close contact is established between the mother and the baby, and the baby learns the pleasant intonation and voice of a loved one.

Means to cheer a child

nursery rhymes for the little ones
Once upon a time, nursery rhymes were invented for the smallest: their parents use them for educational purposes. They are small verses that are accessible to children and easy to repeat. Nursery rhymes - this is one of the types of oral folk art with which you can cheer up a child or tune in the right way, when he suddenly became stubborn or upset for some reason.

Nursery rhymes for the smallest are a wonderful invention of mankind, which helps the child get acquainted with the world around him. Some of them are accompanied by certain gestures or facial expressions on the part of adults, which the kids willingly remember and repeat.

nursery rhymes songs for the little ones
For example, from childhood, the well-known “Horned Goat” will certainly amuse any child, even if he just cried and looked unhappy. And all because he knows: when mom and grandmother sing these unpretentious rhymes in the manner of a song, they will definitely be followed by a certain gesture, causing the kid delight and cheerful laughter.

Real life reflection

Any other genre of folk art undergoes some changes over time, but not the nursery rhymes for the smallest, which even in different peoples of the world have practically the same meaning in translation. Perhaps this is due to the fact that they reflect the same events of everyday life:

  • washing;
  • feeding;
  • walk;
  • preparing for bed.

The child, hearing funny rhymes from the parents, perceives the word and gesture, which affects the mental abilities of the baby. Singing nursery rhymes for the smallest, mothers and grandmothers put a certain meaning into their actions. For example, a little daughter doesn’t want to go to bathe, then she can be helped - offer to play the game “Let’s bathe”, singing:

"Oh, the water is good!
Pure water!
We bathe (Nastenka, Katenka) the baby,
Let the little face shine! "

nursery rhymes for the little ones
The girl willingly crawls into the water and lets herself wash when her favorite rubber toys float in the bathtub or large basin, and her mother lets them play and participates in the game too.

To help parents

In other words, nursery rhymes for the smallest are created for both children and parents. They help in a playful way to do what the baby obviously does not want to do, but this is necessary. Moreover, they can be used from a very early childhood.

For example, some nursery rhymes for the smallest are used for massage:

"Stretch out, my friend,

Turn to the side

Turn on your tummy

Mom smile gently! "

In nursery rhymes, you can refer directly to the baby, replacing the desired word with the name of a boy or girl. By “playing” in this way with their son or daughter, mothers and fathers do a great job: they teach the child to listen and hear!

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/E10279/


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