Publications

Publication details [#36546]

Bryant, P.E., L. Bradley, M. MacLean and J. Crossland. 1989. Nursery rhymes, phonological skills and reading. Journal of Child Language 16 (2) : 407–428.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

nursery school | phonology1 | reading | rhyme

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0305-009

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This longitudinal study argues that children's early knowledge of nursery rhymes positively affects their reading and spelling skills, as nursery rhymes stimulate children's phonological sensitivity.