"Having been a kid myself (and a big fan of Spike Milligan’s Silly Verses for kids), I realised that larger than life characters, with cheekiness and fun rhymes thrown in, can grab the attention ...

Singing nursery rhymes with babies and children is great for their language development. When you sing Wheels on the Bus with your child, there are lots of opportunities to introduce new verses.

“Nursery rhymes introduce children to new words and ideas that they might not encounter elsewhere at this stage of their development,” says Clare. Your child usually picks up language from the ...

Research has shown that there is a link between nursery rhymes and children's phonological skills later on in childhood.