INTRODUCTION

Dear parent/educator,

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You have a beautiful book with 101 very special rhymes to share with your child/student and that you can use for many years to come.

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With this book you can teach your child / student different types of rhymes. Learning rhymes is excellent to let a child acquire knowledge. The child can become aware in a playful way about different themes and can pass the time in a pleasant way.

Saying rhymes is not only pleasant for the child himself, but he can also go an teach  a friend what he's learned. It is also a great time for the adult. It is a very pleasant time together for you both to teach each other or to learn from each other.

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The rhymes are about different themes. Such as flora, fauna, technology (computer, telephone, mobile phone etc.) human body, daily activities, family, universe, Christianity and much more.

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This book has 100 rhymes divided into five parts where each part consists of 20 rhymes. Each part has one, two, three, four or five stars. The amount of stars indicates the difficulty of the rhymes. So, the one star section is simpler than that of 5 stars.

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The target group of this book are children between 4 and 8 years old. Let's say the one star section is for children of 4 years old. The two-star section for children aged 5 years, the three-star section for 6-year-olds, the four-star section for 7-year-olds, and the five-star section for children aged 8 years. The division into chapters marked with stars is an indication. It is of course up to each parent / educator, and each child's level of development, to decide which level of difficulty is right for which child. The division into sections does not always have to do with the length of the rhyme. Sometimes it is certain words, amount of syllables or themes that are slightly difficult that determine the level of difficulty.

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That is why every parent / educator, before teaching the children the rhymes, should talk to the child about the theme or about possible experiences that the child might have with the theme of the rhyme.

The vocabulary at the end of the book is ideal to help with this. And the rhymes are accompanied by illustrations that also, in a comical way, contribute to the child's understanding of the essence of the rhyme. The good thing about this book is that as the child grows there will always be rhymes suitable for him or her.

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To teach a child rhymes, it is recommended to first read the rhyme in its entirety.

Say the rhyme completely two or three times. Have the child listen carefully to the rhyme the first and second times. The third time, read the rhyme out loud in a loud voice and emphasize the words of the rhyme. The child should also try to recite the rhyme together with the parent / educator. Remember to tell the child the rhyme out loud.

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It is a good idea to have the child dramatize the rhyme so that the child can remember the rhyme later. If necessary, let the child get up and express the contents of the rhyme.

In this way, the child will remember the rhyme more easily over time. Also in this way the child will feel free. He will feel good and will be more open to understanding all kinds of new information. He will have a lot of fun and will experience rhymes as a very enjoyable pastime. In this way, especially you as a parent will have a lot of fun in the time that you and your child spend. This is excellent for your relationship.

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Another way to get more benefit from this book is to turn the pages with the child / student. Then ask the child to point to some animal or object in the illustration, or you can point to it yourself and ask the child to name it. You should help at the beginning, but soon the child will be able to answer. In this way he learns to think in advance.

Encourage the child to make rhymes himself. Try to think of some words that rhyme and see if you, as a parent / educator, can make your own rhymes with the child. Every theme is welcome. The more nonesense the rhyme contains, and the stranger the rhyme, the more you will laugh and have fun. Thus, the child will soon make his own fun rhymes.

As soon as the child can write, you can encourage him to write an amount of words that rhyme and then choose a few words from this amount of words to make his own rhyme. Have the children write a few syllable words first, and as they grow and develop, they can write longer words. The child will feel super proud when he can make a nice rhyme to teach his friends

The rhymes especially for the little ones (section from 1 to 3 stars) are written in small letters. The other rhymes (section of 4 and 5 stars) are written in capital letters.

Proper names are written in their original forms,  but nicknames are written according to the spelling of Papiamentu.

The rhymes with names of people or animals can be personalized of course for the children, so that the rhymes become more lively and closer to their world.

The five-star section can also be considered a short poem. The children of 8 years old who want it can also declare these poems standing.

In this way, these little poets become familiar with this literary art of declamation from an early age. And so slowly but surely they will develop appreciation for literature.

This book contains over 101 beautiful and comical illustrations that will enchant the children.

When a child who is not yet able to read is alone, all he has to do is look at these drawings and remember the rhyme his parent or teacher taught him.

In Mi stima rima [I love rhymes] one can read point by point about all the possible ways to approach a rhyme and to teach a child a rhyme more easily.

In the appendix, for example, you can read about how a rainbow is created. Parent / educator can read this text to the children.

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Rijm 101 is a very special rhyme, because it does not consist of letters but of different colored blocks. The kids will have fun while deciphering the colors to form this unique rhyme. They should look at the colored blocks with letters written underneath. Then they have to place the letters in the right place in the white blocks in the colored rhyme. When they have finished and formed the rhyme, they can refer to the solution page to see if they have done it right. They themselves can come up with a title for this colored rhyme.

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To ensure that the children will have a great time using their imaginations while they are working with colors, there are also ten coloring pages at the end of the book.

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In other words, Arko Iris. 101 rima pa mucha [Rainbow. 101 nursery rhymes] lets the children have fun, educate them and stimulate them in a very simple way.

Your friend,

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Cathleen Giterson ;)