[LM_NET] Using Mother Goose for cultural literacy

[Ellen Rubin <bookbabe@NJRUBIN.US>]

I'm trying to convince our teachers and parents of the importance for  
young children to know Mother Goose rhymes.  One of the reasons is  
how knowledge of the rhymes will come up later in life in literature,  
songs, advertising, movies, etc.  I just saw Mission Impossible 3 and  
the Tom Cruise character scales an incredibly high wall at the  
Vatican and lies on top of it and says, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a  
wall."  Can you think of any other instances where reference to a  
Mother Goose rhyme adds to understanding or enjoyment beyond  
kindergarten?
Thanks for your detective work; I will post a hit.

Ellen Rubin, Librarian
Elisabeth Morrow School
Englewood, NJ  07631
erubin@elisabethmorrow.org

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