Did you know that introduction to poetry at an early age can have several advantages for your child’s development? So, what are the ways in which your child can benefit from reading and writing poetry?
Besides, being a source of leisure reading, poetry can have several therapeutic effects on the mind. Poetry helps children master a language by learning all its nuances. After all, great poetry is created by the greatest masters of a language.
Poetry tends to focus on life’s major moments. It benefits the child by improving the bond between parent and child. Parenting and poetry, if observed closely, can be intertwined. One needs inspiration to write poetry while inspiration is also a driving force that enables children to grow up with the right values.
Of course, it goes without saying that poetry develops your child’s power of creative expression. Those who read poetry are also more likely to write good poetry. Writing poetry can help your child learn how to handle her emotions well by finding an outlet for it in poetry. Besides, poetry can also teach your child about many life skills and the ups and downs of life.
As The Atlantic puts it, “…poetry enables teachers to teach their students how to write, read, and understand any text. Poetry can give students a healthy outlet for surging emotions. Reading original poetry aloud in class can foster trust and empathy in the classroom community, while also emphasizing speaking and listening skills that are often neglected in high school literature classes.”
So encourage the little poet that is hidden within your child and see her touch new highs. To know in detail about the benefits children can derive from poetry reading and writing, flip through the pages of this ClipBook.
Raising children to know and love poetry will benefit them not only in school, but also in their careers, relationships, and everyday life. Poetry will open so many doors for your children throughout their life.
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So one would think the poetry of early parenthood would be a rich and varied category, filled with reflections on physical transformation, the emergence of life, the realities of infanthood and so forth.
Regardless of whether you are taking a class in poetry, there are many benefits to writing poetry whether or not you share the poems with others.
When you open yourself up to writing poetry, you open yourself to reexamining and memorializing what was meaningful to you, even the hard moments.
Children will not gravitate to poetry, poetry must be brought to them. Surround your home with as many books and kinds of poetry as you are able. Let a hundred flowers bloom.
Poetry offers other benefits for the beleaguered parent. A large part of parenting consists of mindless repetition changing diapers again, cutting pancakes into triangles again, saying, “How do we ask for things nicely?” again.
