Twinkle,Twinkle Traffic Lights.

Salam,

Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,
Round the corner shining bright.
Red means stop,
Green means go,
Yellow means very, very slow.
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,
Round the corner shining bright.

Have you ever heard of that NURSERY RHYME? My daughters came back one day from their nursery belted out the song. They said their teacher taught them the song. I used to sing the old version of "Twinkle, twinkle Little Star" with them when we were in NZ since they loved to watch some dvds that contain nursery rhymes.I like that version as well as it teaches them about road safety. And yes, if you must know, they always sing the song in the car too! I guess it kind of to remind me about the meaning of yellow light! nampak sgt mak diaorg ni pun suka pecut lg masa nampak lampu kuning. hehe 


Do you know that Nursery Rhyme is the term used to refer to traditional songs in Britain and other countries? In fact, even in our own language, we have a lot of catchy and useful nursery rhymes. I'm so glad that my daughters are also learning some nursery rhymes in Bahasa Melayu too. We used to even introduced some Malay nursery rhymes like "Burung Kakak Tua", " Lengang Kangkung", "Enjit2 Semut" and few others. We brought a CD compilation of Malay songs to the playcentre during one of Cultural Day. They loved to listen to those Malay songs as the melody of those songs was sweet and catchy.

I have not yet introduce to my daughters some Nasyid except for what they like to hear from the Alif Ba Ta DVD. I reckon teaching our kids either the English nursery rhymes, Malay traditional songs or any Nasyid, is good as a way of teaching the good moral values to them. What say you? Which one do you prefer? Do you also teach nursery rhymes, traditional Malay songs or Nasyid to your children?