A survey by children's communication charity I CAN found that 83 per cent of the 2,000 parents surveyed agreed that nursery rhymes are important as they are passed down the generations, as did 96 per cent of the 1,000 grandparents who were questioned.
The survey coincides with the tenth anniversary of the charity'sChatterbox Challenge, whose theme this year is nursery rhymes. For moreinformation visit www.chatterboxchallenge.co.uk.