Children's Poetry

Teaching Poetry

Attitudes

Children Prefer

• Narrative & Limerick
• rhyme, rhythm & sound
• humor, familiarity & animals
• Contemporary

Children least like

• free verse & haiku (though teachers may prefer)
• nature poems
• visual imagery or figurative language

Appreciation

Poetry is Many Things Children Love!

• Learning & Experimenting
• Laughter
• Music
• Unified Performance
• Stories

Poetry is...

• seen & heard
• experienced & appreciated

For Reference: Poetry Evaluation Criteria

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• Fresh/Original
• Insightful/Emotional
• Devices & Language are effective!
• "Voice" of poem is sincere

Build your collection!

• Anthologies- multiple poets
• Collections- singular topic/theme or singular poet collections
• Verse Novels- poetry though often classified as another genre
• Single Poem Picture Books- unity in text & illustration for a particular piece

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