It’s surprising because experts in literacy and child development have found that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight. If that’s not reason enough, here are my five personal reasons why children, and political leaders, will benefit from learning their nursery rhymes:
They help develop a child’s imagination. Not many children will ever see Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall, but ask them to describe who Humpty Dumpty is, and many will be able to describe a rounded egg type character. (This skill will help as they get older and imagine travelling around the world on zip wires.)
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