Nursery Rhymes Affecting our Children

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By Pamela Schaffer 2/19/2011ENG102 WP1Research Proposal

A Nuclear Powered Nursery Rhyme

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Do Preschool and Nursery school teachers know the meaning behind the Rhyme's?

When do we draw the line on Children’s Literature?

Some Scholars believe that nursery rhymes in American culture have key themes: Ambivalent behavior towards animals, prickly relationships between sexes, touching and playing between adults and infants.

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Do we teach children to make fun of other children?

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Nursery Rhymes

Psychological Affect Longevity/ Time Line For Adult or Child

Meanings

Our Future

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are barred and humpty can't be cracked. The Sunday Times http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article738220.ece

Cooper, B. (1993). Cradle and All: A Cultural and Psychoanalytic Reading of Nursery Rhymes (Book). Journal of Popular Culture, 27(1), 218-219. Retrieved from EBSCO host.

Alchin, L.K. (2007, November 16). Nursery rhymes-lyrics, origins & history [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Slides 3, 4, 6 and 8 Clip art from Microsoft 2007 was used.