7 benefits of nursery rhymes for babies and toddlers Why do we sing traditional nursery rhymes? Find out more about all the benefits that nursery rhymes have for your child.

Animations of some of the best-known traditional nursery rhymes, many sung by BBC Children's TV presenters, with music that your children will love! They're an ideal resource to support a range of ...

Rhyme and song are great ways to boost children's early reading skills and phonic awareness so CBeebies is ready to launch The Rhyme Rocket. Aimed at introducing children to a universe full of ...

Elsewhere in its quest to sanitise children's nursery rhymes, the Trust has altered Baa Baa Black Sheep to make it gender-neutral, as the line 'one for the little boy who lives down the lane' has ...

The Muffin Man nursery rhyme was first recorded around 1820 and tells the tale of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, who lived on ...

A charity has defended using an alternative version of the popular children's nursery rhyme What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?, which removes alcohol and violence from the lyrics.