Welcome to the Mother Goose Club!
Mother Goose Club is an educational, entertaining rhyme- and song-based multi-media resource for preschool-aged children. Colorful videos, airing on local PBS stations, feature six memorable characters that lead children through classic nursery rhymes, encouraging them to clap, dance and sing along. You'll quickly see that kids love spending time with Teddy Jack, Bo Peep, Baa Baa, Mary and Eep.
Explore our website and dive into nursery rhymes. You'll discover terrific tools for parents and teachers, including favorite videos, rhyme lyrics, rhyme histories, songs, printables and alphabet writing pages. Check out our shop for award-winning products on our estore. Then, make a beeline for the Mother Goose Club YouTube channel for even more videos, and join the phenomenon that's launched over 240 million views to date -- the Mother Goose Club!
A Love of Reading Begins with Rhymes
Research has shown that familiarity with Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes helps children to develop pre-reading skills, the first step in becoming successful readers. How do nursery rhymes help? As children hear, sing or read nursery rhymes, they develop "phonemic awareness" or the ability to detect the individual sounds that make up words, a crucial first step in learning to read. Nursery rhymes, especially Mother Goose rhymes, also introduce children to new vocabulary which increases comprehension and benefits learning in all subjects. The delight children experience as they engage in rhyme activities fosters an enduring enthusiasm for books and reading.
