Nursery Rhymes

[Gretchen Baldauf <Gbaldauf@AOL.COM>]

Quite a while back, when I was teaching 2nd grade, I used to do a very
informal study of my reading groups to see who knew their Mother Goose
rhymes.  I generally found that the top readers in my class knew the rhymes
well, while the lowest readers could barely recite them.  Which came first:
the chicken or the egg?  Were the good readers more capable because they were
taught the rhymes at home, or were they good readers because they could pick
up the rhymes quickly?  This is something I have wondered about for years and
would love to do a more scientific study of this.  In another lifetime, when
I have more time . . . .  :-)
Gretchen Baldauf
Gbaldauf@aol.com
Edison Elementary School
236 Grayton Road
Tonawanda, NY  14150

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