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storybook vs poetry
hi,
at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. regards jean |
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hi,
at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. I had some wonderful Nursery Rhyme books when DD was about 3-- when you get right down to it, Nursery Rhymes are just poetry for kids. - Blanche |
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"Jean" wrote in message m... at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. I highly recommend Shel Silvertein's poetry books: Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and A Light in the Attic. The pictures are in black and white, not color, but are still marvelous. beeswing |
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In article , Jean wrote:
at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. We started reading poetry (rhymed verse) at quite an early age (1 maybe?). Rhyming games were very popular around ages 4 and 5, but he never really got into poetry reading much on his own, preferring a good story to a poem. Many of the "picture books" ARE poems. If you are looking for poems for a somewhat older kid, the humor of Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky may appeal. The illustrations in Silverstein's books add a lot to their appeal. (You might want to avoid "The Giving Tree" until you've read it yourself---some people feel that the poem is suggesting that parents should sacrifice everything for their children and get nothing in return.) -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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storybook vs poetry
I highly recommend Shel Silvertein's poetry books: Where the Sidewalk
Ends, Falling Up, and A Light in the Attic. The pictures are in black and white, not color, but are still marvelous. beeswing We had a wonderful tape of his poetry too, and Henry used to fall asleep listening to it -- another good way to introduce the almost-musical aspect of some poetry. -Dawn Mom to Henry, 10 |
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storybook vs poetry
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Jean wrote: hi, at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. I start before they are old enough to express a preference one way or another. I suspect that the rhyme and meter may be appealing to babies, but who really knows. "Sing a Song of Popcorn" is a nice varied collection with (I believe) color pictures. Also, Sandra Boynton has a number of short, funny, rhyming board books that would appeal to a 3yo. "Animals, Animals" is a nice collection of (you guessed it) animal-themed poetry illustrated (color) by Eric Carle (Very Hungry Caterpillar; Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?; etc.). There's also "Dragons, Dragons" but we don't like those poems as much. I would save Shel Silverstein for elementary school aged kids. 3 is a bit young for most of it, I think. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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Robyn wrote:
I would save Shel Silverstein for elementary school aged kids. 3 is a bit young for most of it, I think. Could be. My kid loved it from maybe kindergarten on. beeswing |
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