Songs, Rhymes and Rhyming Books – Why we do it and why it matters

Clap and sing along to discover how songs and rhymes are not only fun – they are providing children with the fundamental building blocks of language. Drawing on over a decade of research, Dr Susan Richards, Lead Speech and Language Advisor at Speech and Language UK, will talk about how songs, rhymes and rhyming books can contribute to children’s language development.

Attendees will learn how neuroscience is helping us understand how language rhythms form the basis for language learning and find out how the structured auditory patterns of songs, rhymes and rhyming books can scaffold language processing for children right from the very beginning.

This event is open to the early years workforce within the Early Years Stronger Practice Hub regions.