Are they a vital cultural treasure? Fewer and fewer children are being taught nursery rhymes. Now an expert is launching a campaign to encourage and preserve them.
‘Save nursery rhymes!’ pleads author
The cow jumped over the moon: The English nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle may date back to at least the 16th Century, if not far earlier to early medieval times, but most theories on its meaning have been discredited. Glossary
Humpty Dumpty - A character in an English nursery rhyme, typically displayed as an anthropomorphic egg.
Nursery rhymes - Traditional poems or songs for children in European countries.
Extinction - Completely dying out.
Dyslexia - A common learning difficulty involving reading, writing and spelling.
Auditory - To do with hearing.
Component - The parts something is made up of.
Shakespeare - An English playwright and poet who is often called the greatest writer in the English language.