The singing of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and other songs is a feature of parenting the world over. Caregivers know that children love hearing the simple, repetitive melodies and recognising familiar words and tunes.
But research shows that singing to and with small children actively helps them to acquire language skills. The repetition of words in the songs helps them to embed in a child’s vocabulary, and the positive associations the child develops around enjoying the songs and exposure to new words, while singing songs that require the participation of more than one singer, can help them to learn the social skills and etiquette that are as important in conversation as a good ability with language.
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