IT'S TIME FOR RHYME- our poem of the week.

Dear Parents and caregivers

You will have noticed that every week we bring home a poem in our porm book.  Please read it with us!  We have been reading it through the week.  We are learning about words that rhyme, as well as hunting for letters and words in the poem.  So much to learn!  We are even learning to glue our poem in on the right page, and in the right place.

Here is a message from Miss Ellis:

Hi there everyone.  Our poem is an important part of our day.  All of our poems rhyme, and are either linked to Arahoe Values and having a safe and happy classroom, or are about our topic.  This term our topic is 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'.  We have been learning about stars, and will be celebrating Matariki.
Hearing and joining in with familiar songs, rhymes and jingles can be a fun activity which helps children to tune into the rhythms and sounds of a language and hear its distinctive tune. Awareness of rhyme in young children has also been linked to progress in reading later on.

Rhymes and songs encourage participation because they always have rhythm and usually repeated sections that children can join in with, making them predictable and so easier to memorise. This inbuilt rhythm and repetition can also be a source of satisfaction and pleasure. It also makes it easier for children to repeat them independently, building their confidence. There is evidence to show that children who speak more than one language will benefit from learning rhymes in all the languages they know.

Frequent repetition of rhymes and songs as a fun activity is likely to result in a familiarity that can be a good basis for play. Get to know the rhymes together then try leaving out words, especially the rhyming ones, so that your child can supply them; deliberately say the wrong word so that your child can supply the correct one; step back and allow your child to take the control and follow their lead; make up your own actions to the rhymes.

Thanks for reading!

Miss Ellis

Source: http://www.cbeebies.com/australia/grown-ups/helpful-articles?article=action-rhymes-and-the-importance-of-rhyming

Last year we learnt about road safety.  

Here are some poem detectives!