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Using Poetry: Mary had a little lamb. where art thou, Romeo?© Beverley Paine, 2004 Reading includes poetry - rhymes are one of the most powerful ways to help children become engaged and learn to read. It's sad that by the time most children become teenagers rhymes are restricted to song lyrics... Don't forget to hunt for some poetry - and songs - that tie in with the books and movies you are reading. Reciting or reading poetry is a much neglected part of everyday life. We begin on the right path when the children are tiny, chanting and singing rhymes at, and with, them, but forget that poetry is an art form that, like paintings, sketches, sculpture and dance, can soothe and refresh the soul, challenge us to think deeply, excite our imaginations and stir the emotions. We can't avoid poetry, however, even if we try! How many of us find ourselves repeating rhyming advertising couplets, or singing jingles throughout each day? Point out to your children that these are poetry too, that the world is full of practical and useful poetry as well as artistic poetry. Songs are simply poetry to music: encourage your children to sing from an early age; not that most need encouragement! I love the Beatles music; it's so easy to sing along to and conjures up great imagery. I love reading aloud Shakespeare as it's tremendously powerful. You don't need to understand the words to feel the emotion embedded in them. There's a poem for every occasion. I know families who read poetry to each other each day and make up outrageous limericks at the breakfast table. Was this article helpful? Was it worth $1.00 to you? Your gift of $1 or more helps to keep this site operating offering encouragement and reassurance to families wanting better outcomes for their children. Beverley Paine with her children, and their home educated children, relaxing at home. Together with the support of my family, my aim is to help parents educate their children in stress-free, nurturing environments. In addition to building and maintaing this website, I continue to create and manage local and national home educating networks, help to organise conferences and camps, as well as write for, edit and produce newsletters, resource directories and magazines. I am an active supporter of national, state, regional and local home education groups.
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and Learning without School! We began educating our children in 1985, when our eldest was five. In truth, we had helped them learn what they need to learn since they were born. I am a passionate advocate of allowing children to learn unhindered by unnecessary stress and competition, meeting developmental needs in ways that suit their individual learning styles and preferences. Ours was a homeschooling, unschooling and natural learning family! There are hundreds of articles on this site to help you build confidence as a home educating family. We hope that your home educating adventure is as satisfying as ours was! Beverley Paine
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