Selecting Poetry for Children
8 Concepts to Consider When Selecting Poetry for Children
(1) Poems that are lively, with exciting meters and rhythms are most likely to appeal to young children.
(2) Poems for young children should emphasize the sounds of language and encourage wordplay.
(3) Sharply cut visual images and fresh, novel uses of words allow children to expand their imaginations and see or hear the world in a new way.
(4) Poems for young children should tell simple stories and introduce stirring scenes of action.
(5) The poems selected should not have been written down to children's supposed level. The poems should not patronize children.
(6) The most effective poems allow children to interpret, to feel, and to put themselves into the poems. They encourage children to extend comparisons, images, and findings.
(7) The subjects should delight children, say something to them, enhance their egos, strike happy recollections, tickle their funny bones, or encourage them to explore.
(8) Poems should be good enough the stand up under repeated readings.
(1) Poems that are lively, with exciting meters and rhythms are most likely to appeal to young children.
(2) Poems for young children should emphasize the sounds of language and encourage wordplay.
(3) Sharply cut visual images and fresh, novel uses of words allow children to expand their imaginations and see or hear the world in a new way.
(4) Poems for young children should tell simple stories and introduce stirring scenes of action.
(5) The poems selected should not have been written down to children's supposed level. The poems should not patronize children.
(6) The most effective poems allow children to interpret, to feel, and to put themselves into the poems. They encourage children to extend comparisons, images, and findings.
(7) The subjects should delight children, say something to them, enhance their egos, strike happy recollections, tickle their funny bones, or encourage them to explore.
(8) Poems should be good enough the stand up under repeated readings.