Bonus 109: Skipping rhymes, counting chants, and fortune-telling games (opens in new tab)

lingthusiasm:Bonus 109: Skipping rhymes, counting chants, and fortune-telling games - Children’s oral culture | LingthusiasmChildren have a shared culture that’s transmitted face-to-face in schoolyards, summer camps, and all sorts of places where kids do unstructured play with each other. These chants, rhymes, and games are known as childlore, and they’re one of the last vestiges of oral culture in our highly literate society.In this episode, Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about childlo...