World Nursery Rhyme Week 13th-17th November

Today marks the start of World Nursery Rhyme Week, a global event to celebrate and highlight the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood. There's a particular focus on the development of social skills and crucial language and communication skills.

Nursery rhymes have a huge impact on a young child; they teach them new words, help them to recognise sounds in words, teach toddlers where words begin and end in sentences, boost fine and gross motor skills, they're great for developing early maths skills, and they help to build their emotional awareness.