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- Sing songs. The first thing I always taught my students is that if they like music, then they like poetry. “WHAT?” they would exclaim. Take away the notes in a song, and what do you have left?
- Introduce nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes are simple poems that make a great first introduction to the genre. They provide a great opportunity to talk about rhyming words, and kids can learn and recite the rhymes with you so they get a feel for the rhythm of poetry.
- Have a poetry party. I first stumbled across the idea of a poetry tea party a year or so ago here. I thought it sounded like fun, so one day I got out my old tea set from when I was a child and showed it to Little Man.
- Draw pictures. We live in a visual world. Young kids especially depend on pictures to help them make sense of the world around them. Drawing what they learn is a great way to help kids visualize what they are reading (or listening to), and it increases their comprehension.
- Start Reading Poetry!
- Practice, Practice, Practice.
- Use Other Books.
Read poetryto your preschooler at least once a week. Choose fun and familiar verses such as the traditional Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Or, you can check out A Light in the Atticand Where the Sidewalk Ends, two wonderful poetry books written by Shel Silverstein. Additionally, One Fish, Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hatare three ...
Choose easy, one-syllable words and have your child come up with rhyming words (bat, hat, cat, sat, etc.). Combine the words to make silly poems. Don’t seek perfection—keep it light-hearted and fun!
Use an I-Spy book as a launching board and make up funny poems about items on the page. For example, if there is a clock in the picture, you can go from there (sock, lock, tock). Involve the whole family for some fun times around the dinner table! At the end of the day, it’s important to keep your exploration of poetry fun and enjoyable. Young chil...
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Jan 5, 2022 · First, start by teaching your class traditional nursery rhymes such as Hickory Dickory Dock, Jack and Jill, and Humpty Dumpty. Next, sing popular children’s songs with rhyming verses. Songs like The Wheels on the Bus, Down By the Bay, and Over in the Meadow are poems put to music!
How to teach kids the difference between poetry and prose. 8 commonly-used poetic devices and how to teach them. A quick and easy close reading strategy for teaching kids to dig deeper into poetry. How to get kids talking about poetry. Strategies for teaching kids to write powerful similes and metaphors.
- Create Visual Poems. Who said poems have to only have words? An interesting way to celebrate national poetry month with preschoolers is to create visual poems.
- Rhyme Time Fun. Using a simple beginning like “Roses are red, violets are blue”, have children think of words that rhyme with blue. Write them down. Then help them create sentences to complete the rhyme.
- Read to Your Children. Reading children’s nursery rhymes is a great way to celebrate national poetry month with them. Besides the benefits of reading to your child, specifically choosing rhyming stories will make poetry come alive.
- Find Rhyming Songs. Besides reading to your children, find rhyming songs to help bring National Poetry Month alive. Kids love music, so why not bring poetry and music together?
Teaching poetry to kids in the classroom is a wonderful way to build a child’s reading and writing skills. Poetry activities are one of our favorite things to do together as a class. We enjoy learning to read new poems, practicing each day, and writing our own poems in April during Poetry Month. We learn a new poem each week and never get bored!
Apr 6, 2019 · In addition to broadening reading choices from the “same old, same old” picture books, poetry presents a short, interesting narrative that can be a stepping stone from beginner books to more substantial reading. Good poems for preschoolers should be simple, fun and engaging.
