Pre-K Performs Mother’s Day Show Under Banyan Trees

5/10/2018

The Pre-Kindergarten class of 2031 performed a special Mother’s Day Show, “Little Rhymes for Little People” the morning of May 9 under the banyan trees on the lower school campus. The program by Mae Carden has been an essential part of the School’s early literacy program since its founding in 1960. Pre-K teacher and music specialist Joanie Garrettson says rhythm and rhyme play a significant role in the development of language skills for young children.

“Early rhyming skills will lead to greater auditory discrimination, stronger phonemic awareness and a larger vocabulary, all of which are fundamental building blocks on which the rest of literacy is built. You simply cannot read and write in an authentic way, with true comprehension and independence, until these basics are well developed, Thankfully, at The Benjamin School these components have been respected for generations and have become an integral part of our school days,” said Garrettson.

The program featured the entire Pre-Kindergarten class singing and playing instruments for eight songs. This year, rhymes were incorporated into music class along with vocals and instrumentals.

“It is no coincidence that this performance took place under the banyan tree in the Lower School quad, as this is the very tree that Marshall and Nancy sat under and taught many children the fundamentals of reading,” said Garrettson.

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