What do you teach in Rhymetime?
Nothing. I hope that doesn’t disappoint you but I teach absolutely nothing. I sing, jump about, and wriggle my bottom. I don’t teach. Your amazing child won’t be stopped by that! Despite the lack of a teacher they will learn a huge amount, as if by magic. First there’s language. They’ll be absorbing speech patterns…
Again? Again!
“Twinkle, please!” If I don’t sing Twinkle, twinkle little star at Rhymetime, someone small always comes up to me at the end and asks me to put that right. These children know that repetition is good, and we adults sometimes forget this. Coming together and singing the same songs, week after week (and again at…