POEMS FOR KIDS
The only impressionable age
in a person’s life is the early childhood, when the child learns everything
that will carry them forward in life. It is an age that is influenced by all
that is in the surrounding. This is one reason why Psychologists and
Educationists are constantly researching into ways and means to provide
health development.
The fact is that children learn best through entertainment. It has been proven time and again that if they are put into a boring environment and taught lessons, they end up forgetting it as soon as they learn it. But, changing the environment makes a world of a difference.
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Keeping this in mind educational institutes, rather schools, are concentrating on revamping their interiors making their classrooms actually student friendly, not with the old fashioned desks, but with more color. Adding the probability of supporting lessons with audio-visuals. This comes to the most important aspect in teaching and learning – what students have to listen to. The fact is that a child’s listening capacity is absolutely limited; in fact it’s not a matter of the listening capacity, but absorption that becomes worrisome. |
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So while classes are fashioned to stretch from 30 minutes to forty minutes, the fact is that a child will absorb all that he wishes too, or feels alerted towards, spanning not more than ten minutes, beyond which he or she loses interest. However, to counter this most teachers attempt to teach lessons in poetic form. This does not imply bringing rhyme and verse, but cutting verbose lessons into shorter sentences, highlighting key facts that need to be memorized.
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Thus, poems for kids are not just those written by poets of repute, but even those created to teach lessons. In fact, educationalists also guide parents to teach their children values and morals in the form of poems, with a slight singsong tone. This entertains and teaches the child. And the more the poem is repeated, the child tends to memorize the words, applying it to their life. For instance, ordering or commanding the child to clean their room has disobedience do the rounds, rather than that if you put into a poem form – the importance of maintenance cleanliness after play – and you will see your child always stack away the toys after play, without you having to utter a word. But yes, he or she will be repeating the poem. |
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Even moral story tales can be retold in the form of a poem. This helps the child retain what he or she is being taught. Long and winding sentences are boring and after a time you will notice your child is looking the other way, not in the least bothered about anything you maybe saying. But, using the tool of poetry the child will be learning it thoroughly.
Have you ever thought how much every individual has actually learnt from the poems that have been penned for kids. Yes, what may seem like nonsense nursery rhymes have actually taught one and all fundamentals – be it the shape and size of the elephant, the counting to ten, the letters from A to Z, the twinkling stars, the need to sleep, the need to be in doors while its raining… All have been learnt through precious poems.
The art of creating poetry
for children is not just limited to writers, but is something that can be
penned and sung by anyone involved in rearing children. It is about putting
things together, ideally to a subtle tune.
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