Description: Learning nursery rhymes has been shown to have a beneficial effect on children’s development of phonological awareness, which is an important factor in literacy skills development. Designed to help children develop the foundation skills required to make a successful start with learning to read, this is a photo copiable resource which can be easily used in the classroom, nursery or home. Suitable for use with Nursery, First and early Middle school children. Contents: • Illustrated rhymes which can be photocopied enabling children to build up their own rhyme collections • Activity sheets related to rhyming tasks • Suggestions and ideas for the teachers • Information about the theoretical research basis of the book.