Nursery rhymes bridge the gap between the worlds of children and adults. Nursery songs teach children about rhymes, tempos, old sayings, and slang. Nursery rhymes also convey a wealth of cultural knowledge and serve as the basis for numerous allusions in daily conversations. In the spring of March, the independent international news media "Global People Daily News" (GPDN) produced an online program, "Wander the World Through Nursery Rhymes,", inviting friends from Taiwan, the Netherlands, the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, and India to share their nursery rhymes stories.
Nursery rhymes, according to Evon Jian, head of Taiwan Music Education Institute, enable children to express themselves freely, develop creativity, improvise, and discover their simplest happiness. When Inés Marco Mompel and Sofa Marco Mompel were children, they sang a Dutch Christmas song and an impromptu arrangement by her sister.
The nursery rhyme theme is directly related to life experience. Grandpa Frank from Taiwan likes eating pineapple. The sweet and sour fruit reminds him of his childhood. Grandpa Frank mentioned a friend who grew pineapples, canned them, and exported them to earn foreign currency. As a consequence, the family has thrived for generations.
One day, his friend's wife drew two pairs of very realistic pineapples to show her gratitude to the pineapple. This event inspired Grandpa Frank, who penned the lyrics to "Thanks to Pineapples" the next day, asked his daughter to compose it into a song, and taught Taiwanese to his grandkids in elementary and junior high schools by singing Taiwanese songs. This nursery rhyme, created by three generations of grandparents and grandkids, is especially touching. It means that the family's elders will pass on to future generations their appreciation of traditional culture, national language, and values, as well as their love and respect for Taiwanese culture.
Nursery rhyme lyrics are simple and catchy, often nonsensical or humorous, but they also represent the history of the time. Daniel Platt, the office manager of a religious school in California, introduced the 400-year-old British nursery rhyme "The Great Old Duke of York." Simple rhymes can teach children about the past of hereditary monarchs and nobles at the time.
Lullabies are the oldest nursery rhymes that use soothing melodies to help babies and children fall asleep. Many musicians have written songs especially to comfort and benefit people all over the world, with Mexican musician Ivan Ricardi performing on the program. He wrote this lullaby to convey all the joy that comes from bringing another person into the world with love.
Jorge, a teacher from Ecuador, brought a Spanish ABC alphabet melody that he adores. This nursery rhyme not only teaches children the basic Spanish alphabet, but it also connects the Spanish alphabet to many lovely moral meanings, such as friendship, kindness, and gentleness. It also expresses delight, wisdom, brotherhood, sincerity, love, and prayer. He says that the lyrics are simple and meaningful, and that children can pick a word from the Spanish alphabet, keep it in their hearts, and make the world a better place.
Nursery rhymes, according to Indian school Senior Wing Leader Preeti Phutela, often are used to teach young children basic concepts such as counting, the alphabet, or basic rhyming patterns, and can also provide additional knowledge. She then added some of her favorite and most memorable nursery rhymes.
Nursery rhymes are presented in different ways. They can be simple and meaningless rhymes, or they can be rich in cultural heritage from different countries and a deep love of the world. June Jian, a music teacher in teaching children's music for 24 years, used nursery rhymes from multiple countries at the end of the program, including Taiwan's "tar sticks," the Spanish celebration song "Fiesta España," and the West Indian folk song "Mockingbird." Nursery rhymes from all over the world take us on a journey around the world in search of our purest childish mindset.