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Nursery rhymes are verses spoken or sung to babies, infants, and young children. Together with rhymes performed by children themselves, such as counting-out rhymes, they are part of children folklore and passed down orally from one generation to the next. Many researchers have demonstrated the benefits that infants gain in several domains when adults interact with them using nursery rhymes. The aims of this presentation are: (a) to review the role of nursery rhymes on infant’s rhythmical development and parent-infant interaction, and (b) to propose best practices and teaching suggestions for the implementation of nursery rhymes in music classrooms with infants and their parents/caregivers, using as examples greek nursery rhymes. Suggestions are posed concerning nursery rhymes, which provide the appropriate teaching environment for bridging the gap between art, literature, culture, nature and education, fostering a healthy and flourishing child development and promoting sustainability in today’s culturally enriched societies.
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Anthoula Koliadi-Tiliakou, Dimitra Koniari
Anthoula Koliadi–Tiliakou holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Musical Studies (Athens University) and a MA in Music Education (University of Reading, England). She also has a Degree from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogics and Psychology, Degree in Piano (National Conservatory) and Diploma in Fugue (Greek Conservatory). Since 2000 she has been working as Piano Teacher (Music School of Rhodes) and as Music Educator in Conservatories, Nursery and Primary Schools. She has been rapporteur in seminars and Conferences, writer of scientific articles, as well as elaborator in New Piano Curriculum for piano instruction in Music Schools.
Dimitra Koniari (PhD) serves as Laboratory Teaching Personnel at the Department of Music Science & Art (University of Macedonia, Greece). She holds a BA in Musical Studies (A.U.Th, Greece), a MA in Cognitive Sciences (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) and a PhD in Educational and Social Policy (University of Macedonia, Greece). She has also studied piano and the Jaques-Dalcroze Eurythmique method. She is a member of the Greek Society for Music Education (GSME) and head of the editorial team of GSME’s journal with music teaching suggestions, Music Education. Her interests lie in Music Education, Music Psychology and Music Neurodidactics.
