How to use planet rhymes
Counting books are short poems on various topics for organizing children’s activities, in particular for determining the driver or for distributing the children’s roles in the game.
Counting books teach children to negotiate and cooperate
Table: goals and objectives of using space-themed rhymes
| Goals | Tasks |
| Introducing children to the rich genre of children's folklore | Show the importance of the development of scientific thought about space for the inhabitants of the Earth (for example, thanks to the study of planets and stars, it became clear that life exists only on Earth). |
| Expanding the area of cognitive interests of children | List the names and order of the planets, form ideas about their appearance. |
| Repeat counting to 10. | |
| Language development of babies | Learn to correctly pronounce the names of celestial bodies. |
| Parenting | Develop spatial thinking. |
| Form a creative approach in interaction with each other. |
Learning various rhymes on a space theme broadens children's horizons, and also develops memory and a sense of rhythm.
The structure of rhymes about planets and space
The space-themed rhyme structure includes:
- the beginning expressed by the count,
- the main part, that is, the course of the plot,
- ending with one of two exits - an appeal (for example, “Get out!”), a guess-conclusion (for example, “Our Sun is a champion!”).
In rhymes on a space theme, exit-reversal is often used
