Abstract
Children have been the most sought-after artist, sculptors, creators, innovators, poets, builders, and are likely to practice many professions and become one. As curious learners from their toddler life, they try to grab any object that is around and make some sense out of them. For instance, playing on a heap of sand they construct their dream homes, getting hold of their dad’s stethoscope they try to feel the ‘lub dub’ beat on the chest of their parents; playing with the cooking vessels that they stealthily take it from their mother’s kitchen and play the role of a cook and chef by heating water on a toy gas stove etc. These little incidents in their life, as little ones, have given a giant leap for mankind in the field of discovery and inventions.
 Many scientists like James Watt (watching the boiling kettle in his mother’s cottage), Archimedes (incident in his bathing tub), Isaac Newton (falling apple) and many other such scientists have invented something or the other, through observations and experiences. These inventions are taught to children in their science classes according to their syllabus that are graded by the education department and syllabus makers. This article will make an attempt to cater interest among students to get into the picturesque and fascinating world of children’s Nursery Rhymes to understand and learn many scientific and engineering concepts from it. Through the pictorial representations found in the nursery rhymes, many engineering concepts can be taught to children between the ages of six to fifteen. This can be seen as one of the innovative methods of revealing the great wonders of science through the Nursery Rhymes.
Highlights
IntroductionNursery Rhymes As A Learning Tool The nursery rhymes are a form of short poems taught to children at kindergarten level
The nursery rhymes are the best tool in introducing to them some simple, day to day engineering concepts and their applications in real life situations
Taking for instance the ‘Jack and Jill’ rhyme, it conveys caution and togetherness at work, 'Humpty Dumpty’ could suggest the Great Fall of man after sinning and disobeying God and eating the forbidden fruit. This definitely helps in teaching the young minds in obeying all elders which will help them to get back respect from others; the ‘London Bridge’ highlights on some sort of sabotage on the government property and it helps imparting the moral values of protecting and respecting public property and taking care of them as if they are our own
Summary
Nursery Rhymes As A Learning Tool The nursery rhymes are a form of short poems taught to children at kindergarten level These are always in the form of pictorial representations, designed in a way to attract the young minds’ attention in order to convey a meaningful moral message. A good trained English teacher can achieve his/ her goal through constant effort and dedication in making children presentable before a large group Having learnt these rhymes at the kindergarten level between the age three to six, a child can be made aware of more things apart from enhancing their vocabulary, correct pronunciation and constructing sentences etc. An innovative approach can be resorted to in making children aware of the engineering concepts from the age of seven to fifteen This is the right time an English teacher can introduce them into the world of science and technology. Both the departments lay the foundation stone into the entry of the world of wonders through science and technology
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