Let's all sing a Nursery Rhyme!

Listening to Nursery Rhymes offers numerous benefits for young children. They enhance language development by improving vocabulary, pronunciation, and phonemic awareness.

The rhythmic patterns help with memory retention and cognitive skills, while the repetition aids in understanding sentence structure.

Additionally, Nursery Rhymes can promote social interaction when sung in groups, and help foster a love for music and rhythm, laying the foundation for future learning.

Can Nursery Rhymes help my baby learn to talk?

Nursery Rhymes can help babies learn to talk by exposing them to repetitive sounds, words, and rhythms that make language easier to grasp. The catchy tunes and rhyming patterns attract a baby’s attention, encouraging them to mimic sounds and words.

Repetition reinforces vocabulary and helps babies recognise the structure of language. Listening to Nursery Rhymes also improves listening skills and auditory processing, which are crucial for speech development. As babies hear familiar rhymes, they start to associate words with meaning, aiding their early communication and language skills.

What makes Oxbridge Baby Nursery Rhymes different to other versions?

Oxbridge Baby has gone back to the original source material and lovingly reimagined each Nursery Rhyme for a new generation. Different musical styles have been introduced but always keeping loyal to the core elements of the Nursery Rhymes which make them so special.

Every Nursery Rhyme has also been uniquely animated to create bright, exciting and fun videos that kids want to listen to and watch time and time again. Our beautiful Nursery Rhyme collection includes the following songs:

• Humpty Dumpty
• 1,2,3,4,5
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• Jack & Jill
• Little Bo Peep
• London Bridge is Falling Down
• Old Mother Hubbard
• Pat a Cake
• Polly Put the Kettle On
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Pussycat Pussycat
• Rock-a-Bye Baby
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
• This Old Man
• The Grand Old Duke of York
• Ten in the Bed
• The Owl and the Pussycat

Where else can I find information on Nursery Rhymes and Language?

For more information on why Nursery Rhymes are a valuable tool to support language and communication skills have a look at this interesting article on the National Literacy Trust website (Source: Nursery Rhymes in the Early Years)