Poetry And Your Child: Start Early And Don’t Stop
Poetry And Your Child – How Early Is Too Early?
The love of truly great poetry for children should begin as early as infancy. The soothing sound of poetic verse is to a fretful infant as an icy mountain stream is to a thirsty deer. Children are born with natural rhythm. If this is developed early with regular readings of poetry, it extends into other areas of a child’s life: music, dance, mathematics and science.
Poetry – Not Just A Literary Art
Toddlers are drawn to all things whimsical, the stuff of which childhood abounds. Encourage their whimsical natures by reading poetry specifically for children. Mother Goose was perhaps the very first introduction to poetic verse for children of bygone years. There was much more to Mother Goose than poetic rhymes. These childhood rhymes encouraged whimsy and commanded attention to poetic plot. Thus, poetry isn’t just a literary art. It’s also a learning environment full of wonder and nourishment of the mind.
Interesting Teens in Poetry
Infants accustomed to poetry develop into teens with fairly acclimated love of poetry. For teens, it’s necessary to focus their poetry on contemporary poets to enhance their interests. Encourage children to write poetry early.