picking up familiar book about nursery rhymes, reading to herself by looking at the pictures and through memorisation.

English Language Arts

• The child has developed language skills by recognizing and reciting nursery rhymes from memory.
• Through looking at the pictures, the child has enhanced visual literacy and understanding of the relationship between images and text in a book.
• The child is building pre-reading skills such as understanding left to right progression and turning pages.
• By engaging with familiar nursery rhymes, the child is developing an understanding of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition in language.

Continued development can be encouraged by inviting the child to retell the nursery rhymes in their own words, pointing out specific details in the illustrations, and asking open-ended questions to stimulate critical thinking about the stories and characters.

Book Recommendations

• The Wheels on the Bus by Raffi: A classic nursery rhyme book with colorful illustrations that will engage the child.
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jerry Pinkney: A beautifully illustrated version of the well-known nursery rhyme that will captivate the child's imagination.
• Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Nursery Rhymes by Trace Moroney: This book contains a collection of beloved nursery rhymes, perfect for the child to explore and memorize.