I am shocked today at the number of students who have no idea what a nursery rhyme is, much less can they recite any. That includes rhymes such as Jack and Jill, Old King Cole, and Humpty Dumpty, just to name a few. I will say, I do not think it is necessarily neglect on their parent's part. The fact of the matter is, parents these days do not know the rhymes either. Thus, the rupture with the past occurred before this current generation of learners.