Tiny hands, tiny feet.
She fit in the crook of my arm
So very neatly.
Now she is almost grown,
All of eleven, her days filled with school
Learning and fun all without me
Until she comes home when we start exploring
And learning more than just poetry.
Language acquisition sounds like such a teachy term doesn’t it. It is a big term with really a simple meaning: how children learn to speak, read, and write a language.
A good tool in the parent’s educational arsenal is a simple book of poetry. Why? Poetry helps improve language skills at any age. Poetry and finger play games help teach toddlers and babies the basic sounds of our language. Rhymed funny poems with repetition also helps early elementary school students learn basic word families. Poetry becomes a master teacher of literary imagery and themes for your middle and high school teens.
Encourage your child to explore language using poetry to all types. Create poetry-related activities. Print descriptive words on stock paper cut them out and play a game of poetry creation on a rainy day.
Don’t know where to start looking for great poetry to share? Take a trip to your local library and talk to your reference librarian. A hint poetry is located in the 810 to 812 shelves in both the juvenile and adult nonfiction sections of your library.
Also here are some my favorite poetry books:
This is my first complementary post to my Writing Nonfiction in November Challenge post. I will try to have some great resources for parents to explore as part of my Parental Involvement in Education series that you also read at Mary-andering Creatively.
Thanks for sharing those fine books. I have, and love, the Winter Poem book, and if you read other posts, you’ll see so many other wonderful resources for children. Poetry is a wonderful thing to share, with kids and adults, I agree. Thank you!