At a recent SoMIRAC (conference), author and illustrator Susan Stockdale told the audience how she grew up with a love for language in part because her mother used rhyme so playfully around the house. Here’s one rhyme she heard many-a-time during her childhood at the dining room table:
Shake and shake the ketchup bottle, none’ll come and then a lot’ll.
The more wordplay you share with kids–whether you’re a teacher or a parent–the more likely they are to grow up having fun with language.