Module 5


a) Realistic stories – are about everyday life experiences. Te experiences, the excitement, humour, good and bad of everyday life.


b) Stories for special situations – these stories involve conflict and problem solving. Tey help children to interpret their experiences through characters the children can identify with. e.g. Never talk to strangers (personal safety). I had a bad dream (nightmares). Daddy doesn’t live here anymore (divorce). “Golden learn about living” – series.


c) Concept books – introduce children to colour, form, maths, time and other concepts. d) Science books and stories about animals and nature. e) Fantasy stories – these stories are only suitable for children above 4 years of age.


2.3 Criteria for rhymes and verse


a) How fascinating are the sounds of the rhyme or verse? Does the child feel he wants to hear more?


b) Is there a clear rhythm? Would the rhythm invite the child to clap hands or stamp his feet? c) Are the ideas clear, and does it fall within the child’s field of experience? d) Is it rhyming poetry? Does the rhyme entice the child to join in the reciting of the refrain? e) Does the rhyme contain humour? f) Verses and rhymes should be short. However, children also enjoy a longer verse or rhyme which contains a story element.


g) Verses for adults about children were not written for children and would not be suitable. h) Te language should be in the child’s comprehension. i) In rhymes, it does not matter if the rhyme scheme leads to nonsensical words, because it is the rhythm and the sound that are of major importance to the child.


2.4 The values of verse and rhyme


1. Verse and rhymes offer the children a pleasant way of developing listening skills. 2. Te sounds and rhythm make a great impression on the children. 3. Te verse and rhymes stimulate the imagination. 4. Self-confidence grows when the child can recite a rhyme or verse. 5. Te word groupings in verse and rhymes are a good language experience.


2.5 Different kinds of rhymes


a) Nonsense rhymes Te content is usually nonsensical and the value of this type of rhyme lies primarily in the rhythm and sound of the rhyme: When I was a little boy I washed my Mother’s dishes I put my finger in my ear And pulled out little fishes.


b) Playway rhymes Tese rhymes are used when the parent or educarer plays with the baby or toddler and ends with tickling the baby: Tis little piggy went to market, Tis little piggy stayed home, Tis little piggy had roast beef, Tis little piggy had none, and Tis little piggy cried: “Wee, wee, wee” all the way home.


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