Kids love to read and listen to entertaining poetry books. We have seen that kids take pleasure in giggling or laughing at hilarious poetries. This is perhaps amongst the first encounters that kids have with literature. If they find poems interesting and funny then they may want to read more poetry from the same author and may then start reading from other poets as well. Gradually their interest for reading evolves and they may want to read more books not only associated with funny poetries but also with academic syllabus and other books.

Nursery rhymes:

Nursery rhymes are helpful to start with as these silly songs serves as foundation for children’s reading habit. This enables the child to understand the relationship of letters and their sounds. Even younger children find it easy to memorize poems preferably rhymed verse for quick recitation. Some people may disagree but poetries can be introduced to children even during their infancy; this certainly has some impact on them.

Singsong simple rhymes are highly beneficial for children. It is better to start teaching poetry to infant with rhymes and save unrhymed poetries for later. Introducing such poem during early years of a child can help him/ her to develop language skills. As children grow poetries can also help them learn to be able to express their thoughts, opinions and feelings through words.

Here are the Best 10 Poetry Books for Children:

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell

A Year Full of Poems by Michael Harrison

Fantastic, Fabulous Creatures & Beasts by Melanie Dellas

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky

Just Kidding by Mark M. Whelan

Every Time I Climb a Tree by David McCord

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

Teaching Poetry to Children:

It is not extremely difficult to teach your child to write and read poetry. Consider these below mentioned steps.

List of words:

Try to list out some useful words on board or on paper for your child; ensure these words are rhyming pairs. For example try-high-fly, kite-night, fun-run, roam-home, etc are some of the rhyming words. Ask your child to arrange these rhyming words in best possible sentences.

Find example:

Classic poems are a must to be taught to your children. Classic poems are good way of learning powerful and beautiful archaic words. There are timeless values and massage that impact readers in philosophical ways. These improve the flow of language and understanding of basic sentence structures.

Music:

There are various musical selections that you can get for your child. Highlight the way lyrics blend in similar ways as words in poetries and poems. In these musical selections as well often rhymes are used. These musical pieces can help increasing interest of older kids towards poetries. Your child may become fond of a certain musical group and may have good sense of lyrics.

Make it interesting:

Ensure that you make the learning process fun and interesting for your child. Do not force them to learn if they do not want to or it may come as a torture to your child. This will convince his/ her mind that it is always an uninteresting activity and should be avoided. If the learning process is interesting and entertaining for children, they tend to learn better and may want more of it.