These educational nursery rhymes are about 25 great Americans. Rhymes can entertain. And our brains are wired to remember them, just as many remember Mother Goose rhymes. But this book’s rhymes and illustrations also can educate. They can prime a lifetime of learning. So children may be better prepared to learn, to learn how to learn, and to excel in school and life.
These rhymes can help children remember the qualities and achievements of some of our greatest people: from Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abraham Lincoln, Sitting Bull, Ida Tarbell, to Jonas Salk. Some contain a few of the subjects’ own words: Jefferson’s created equal, Einstein’s E=mc2, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Martin Luther King’s I have a dream, to Neil Armstrong’s one small step. Many of these rhymes emphasize positive personal qualities that children might emulate: benevolence, civility, diligence, fairness, honesty, perseverance, practice, and self-teaching.
This book may entertain babies through appealing rhyme sounds and colorful illustrations. And educate older children by recall of the facts contained. Some may learn to recite a few lines and so strengthen their memory skills-and earn parental praise. All can learn to recognize and remember these great American people.
Parents, teachers, and caregivers might choose to read just one of these illustrated verses to their children each day. Practice recall of what was covered. Then use the Teachable Moment: Ask, encourage, and respect questions; discuss the issues; do the activities listed; or do other activities-after the verse. By doing so, these rhymes can be a springboard-to prime for children a lifetime of learning.
Note: The ebook version might be mirrored from iPad to Apple TV or similar smart TV technology, thus allowing display to small groups of children.
Subjects included are Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, Dolley Madison, Sequoyah, Samuel Morse, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Thomas Edison, Sitting Bull, Theodore Roosevelt, Ida Tarbell, Oliver Wendell Homes Junior, Albert Einstein, Franklin Roosevelt, Jonas Salk, Rachel Carson, Martin Luther King, and Neil Armstrong.
