ChildCare Education Institute

Building Literacy Through Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Poetry

(50 customer reviews)

This course explores the use of nursery rhymes and children’s poetry as learning tools in the Early Care and Education (ECE) environment. Course participants will learn why rhymes and poems are good for the brain and overall child development and techniques for using poetry in the ECE environment. This course also focuses on teaching a basic understanding of poetic forms and literary devices every ECE professional should know.

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Georgia, Kentucky, Nevada, New York

50 reviews for Building Literacy Through Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Poetry

  1. Brianna TENNESSEE, TN –

    Good topic

  2. Dollie PHOENIX, AZ –

    learned new info in this class training

  3. HILLARY SAVANNAH, GA –

    User friendly

  4. Enis Marcella PEACHTREE CITY, GA –

    i liked this course

  5. Kaelia OKLAHOMA CITY, OK –

    Excellent

  6. Betty BYRON CENTER, MI –

    I learnt a lot

  7. Tabitha CEDAR PARK, TX –

    i enjoyed this course

  8. Melinda PORTSMOUTH, VA –

    Good course

  9. Kathleen GRAND RAPIDS, MI –

    I learned so.much with this training! I love teaching nursery rhymes with toddlers

  10. Malaika MABLETON, GA –

    Good job overall!

  11. Julia HAMDEN, CT –

    great information

  12. Deanna LELAND, NC –

    I love these classes.

  13. Felicia WALLA WALLA, WA –

    I really enjoyed this course and plan to implement more poetry and rhymes in my class!

  14. Jean OVERLAND PARK, KS –

    thank you for providing the classes

  15. Rosemarie FORT MILL, SC –

    This course gave me new ideas to implement .

  16. Victoria SPARKS, NV –

    I really enjoyed this class and it has inspired me to share more in the classroom

  17. Dorothy BROOKLYN, NY –

    the courses are exciting an d meaningful

  18. Deborah TAYLOR, MI –

    Thank you for the information needed to build literacy for my students.

  19. Valerie SPRING, TX –

    This was a really good course. Thank you.

  20. Brandi HAYMARKET, VA –

    I REALLY appreciated the inclusion of some finger plays at the end, as well as links to the resources. I also found the last video of the librarian acting out finger plays very helpful, as well as the circle time where the boy chose the Little Miss Muffet rhyme for the class.

  21. Perla FORT WASHINGTON, MD –

    This course was truly fun, interesting and very informative as well. Thank you.

  22. Richard BROOKLYN, NY –

    Great Job, I will practice some songs to sing with my students from the last video.

  23. Lisa PHOENIX, AZ –

    I enjoyed this course, brought back happy memories .

  24. Taylor LAWRENCE, KS –

    I really liked this one! Thank you!

  25. Sharon MIRAMAR, FL –

    I really enjoyed the class and learn a lot of things I never knew about poetry

  26. Haleigh CRYSTAL LAKE, IL –

    Loved this topic

  27. Brandee LAVONIA, GA –

    Course was thorough and provided insights into the importance of Nursery Rhymes with young children.

  28. Rena NEW YORK, CT –

    I enjoyed this one very much. I took many English courses in college so it was right up my alley! (I think I just used a metaphor.)

  29. Patricia SAYVILLE, NY –

    I thought this course was great and don’t really have any further suggestions. I enjoyed it.

  30. Susan JACKSONVILLE, FL –

    Great course! I will definitely recommend it to my colleagues who do not know many nursery rhymes or believe in their value.

  31. Veronica BIRMINGHAM, AL –

    Very good

  32. Lisa NUTLEY, NJ –

    Very Interesting

  33. patricia GLASTONBURY, CT –

    This was my favorite course so far. I would love to see this presented at the Keefe-Bruyette Symposium in West Hartford.

  34. Mercedes ARLINGTON, VA –

    THE COURSE IS VERY INTERESTING.

  35. Bria ROCK HILL, SC –

    Everything was great!

  36. Latanya ESSEX, MD –

    I truly enjoyed this course I got so much out of it.

  37. Sheresa MACON, GA –

    This is a good Institute to learn online training.

  38. Ruby LAS VEGAS, NV –

    Completely satisfied

  39. Marie HOLBROOK, NY –

    Very enlightening course this was

  40. Karin MOUNT JULIET, TN –

    great course

  41. Maranda LA GRANGE, KY –

    great course!

  42. Lina LAS VEGAS, NV –

    Very informative

  43. Natalie CORBIN, KY –

    course was good

  44. Lorraine ARKPORT, NY –

    Truly enjoyed this course.

  45. Nadine BEVERLY, MA –

    I like this site because it is simple to use and provides a good overview of a topic.

  46. Josefina GREENBACKVILLE, VA –

    This online course helps me to work with the young children.

  47. Cheryl MILFORD, CT –

    I really appreciated the links to finger plays and the videos you provided. Thank you.

  48. Karen CLEVELAND, TN –

    Great course!

  49. Felicia CO SPGS, CO –

    Going to be adding more poetry to my curriculum next year!

  50. Lisa STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO –

    Thank you for the nice class

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