EJ361475 PS515189
Title: Rhymes, Nursery Rhymes, and Reading in Early Childhood.Author(s): Maclean, Morag; And Others
Source: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v33 n3 p255-81 Jul 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1988
Reports a
strong, highly specific relationship between young children's knowledge
of nursery rhymes and the development of phonological skills, which
remained significant when differences in IQ and social background
were controlled. Measures of nursery rhymes and alliteration were
related to early reading skills. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Early Childhood Education; *Early
Reading; Fathers; *Intelligence Quotient; Mothers; Parent Role;
*Prereading Experience; *Preschool Children; *Social Background
Identifiers: Alliteration; *Nursery Rhymes; *Phonological Skills
