tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420282172936618539.post-50607445049359847142008-04-07T14:58:00.002-04:002008-04-07T15:24:58.751-04:00

Jim Trelease, author of the New Read Aloud Handbook, has this to say in the introduction to Jack Prelutsky's Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young: "...the first sound a child hears is actually a poem--the rhythmic, rhyming beat-beat-beat of a mother's heart. This early and fundamental relationship sets the stage for a natural and lifelong love of rhythm and rhyme." Cultivate your child's

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