Songs and share nursery rhymes are playful (e.g. “Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub”,) and are easy to remember. They also help babies build phonological awareness and sensitivity—the ability to hear the breakdown of sounds within words and to diagnose rhythms and patterns of languages. As he grows, learning the rhymes himself will help him expand vocabulary, learn number skills and get confidence to express himself through speech.
When DD was little, I sang and played a lot of Chinese children’s songs and nursing rhythms to her. Being simple, repetitive and full of fun, these songs and nursing rhythms are excellent ways for DD to learn, memorize and practice new words and phrases. Currently, she can sing some of them independently by herself.
Here is one Chinese song that I often sing to her. It is the Chinese version of the most popular English nursing rhythm Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Watch the video to listen to the Chinese children’s song. You can replay the song by clicking the “play” button. Click here to download the song with English translation and Pinyin in PDF file.
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Bilingual Baby, Fourth Year, From Lina | Lina | 
September 15, 2011 9:37 am | 
Comments (1)
Thanks for posting this song up! It reminds me of my childhood when I used to hear it sung to me, but then over the years I’ve forgotten how to sing it (i know only the English version). I’m really lacking Chinese nursery rhymes and songs to sing to my baby. The only other ones I know are “Liang Zi Lao Hu” (2 Tigers) and “Dang Wo Men Dong Zai Yi Qi” (When We’re All Together), leftover from my childhood!