The children’s songs which feature some engaging and interactive activities like role play, rhythmic body movements, ASL, rhyming, creative use of language, lyric self-creation, etc. are not only fun for children but positively contributes to their growth and learning too. We can see how these playful songs are used from ancient times onwards to teach language, vocabulary, numbers, colors, animals, shapes, rhymes, etc. to the little ones.
Studies have shown that songs are effective in gross motor skill development and help develop cognitive learning skills too. In this article, we will discuss some of the most important benefits of songs on children.
# Strengthening their memory and thought reproduction
Actions songs for children can help strength then memory and capacity to recall events. Actions songs are a fun learning way with which children can easily memorize new information in various ways. Actions songs have elements for children to learn things verbally, physically, and also musically. All these working together make memorization easy.
# Children’s songs can help develop fine motor skills
Usually, action songs for children feature some finger plays, body movements, sign language, etc., which offer some physical benefits too. Children learn to use their fingers, toes, hands, and learn rhythmic movements. They learn controlled action which will help them gain better control over the body.
# Improve their eye-hand coordination
The fingerplays, as well as the use of American Sign Language, will help toddlers to effectively coordinate their hands and fingers to develop quick eye-hand coordination. This is one major part of motor neuron development of kids.
# Actions songs will teach them how to follow directions
Children tend to pay more attention to teachers who are presenting them with playful action songs. Kids have a natural taste towards music and stories, and nursery rhymes and action songs are actually a fine combination of both of these. Action songs may want kids to listen to the direction and follow those in order to sing well. It helps them learn movements at the right time, how to take a left and right turns when needed, when to hop, when to clap etc.
# Songs help enhance kids’ language skills
Meaningful action songs with apt vocabulary could really help in improving the language skills of little kids. At kindergarten classes, nursery rhymes and actions songs are used to improve language skills, work knowledge, and vocabulary of kids. To learn and repeat actions songs effectively, kids need to understand the words, and at times also need to manipulate the words for rhyming.
# Actions songs help improve kids’ reading skills
Reading readiness of children is supported by songs. Actions songs can contribute largely towards their understanding of alphabets, words, phonetics, vocabulary, and meaning of words and phrases. These new understanding and recognition of letters, words, and phrases will ultimately enhance their reading readiness.
# Learning the core basic educational elements
At early childhood learning, rhymes and actions songs are effectively used to reinforce the learning of fundamental educational concepts. We all learned alphabets through rhyming songs, and similarly, numbers, colors, good habits and other fundamental of social living, etc. are actually learned through kids’ songs.
All in all, children’s songs can engage both children as well as adults and strengthen their social bonds. Children always want to interact with the adults there around. So engaging them with actions songs will help kids express themselves in an enjoyable way, and for adults, it is an opportunity to express themselves in colors.
