Read nursery rhymes several times a week. Preschool children welcome the repetitive reading because they can begin to participate by echoing what you read. After you have read a particular nursery rhyme aloud several times, read it again, but omit the last word of each line and get the child to say the missing word.
Incorporate nursery rhymes into other skills you teach. Write the rhymes on chart paper, then teach letter recognition by having the child come up and circle letters that you call out. The child can count the letters in the words to practice counting skills. The child can also draw pictures to represent the nursery rhymes; this will improve motor skills and help them begin thinking about what words mean.
Sing nursery rhymes. Children can learn a lot through music, and many popular nursery rhymes already have familiar tunes. Teachers can also help the kids learn nursery rhymes by singing them to the tune of songs they already know. You can find the lyrics and music for a wide variety of nursery rhymes at BusSongs.com.