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Monday, 15 July 2013

Composing Suitable Childrens Poems For Use

By Carmella Watts


Language maturity is an important aspect towards the development of children as they grow. This involves helping them in better pronunciation of words. In order to achieve this, various methods are used. A good example and the main one for discussion for this article are childrens poems. These ones are poetic words written in a rhyme format. They can be audio for them to listen to or written for reading.

Coming up with such is quite a task for poets. It calls for them to have sufficient knowledge in this area. This is due to the fact that they are dealing with very tender minds that should be fed with the right things which will have an overall effect on their lives for a very long period of time. For this reason, several aspects should be put in place in order to come up with the right literature.

Considerations for rhyming words are the first one. This brings out the musical aspect as far as sounds and pronunciations are concerned. It is an easy way for them to capture every word they hear or read. Here, they are known to have a high appeal for such. The writer needs to bring out this clearly from an ordinary angle into an extraordinary one.

Tip number two is based on age groups. Kids are of various ages; babies, preschoolers, young readers and upper elementary. A poem for babies cannot be the same for young readers. The difference comes with the choice of words. It is important for the writer to choose the target group very well. Under this view, it is about writing or narration in general terms or basing on Christian values.

Tip number three comes in handy on the basis of a topic selection. This is the summary of the entire writing and it is the determiner of the difference worth noting. It will determine the angle taken and whether the kids will be attracted to reading or listening to whatever has been written. Usually, one needs to choose a title that evokes the feelings of any child by telling the story in poetic form.

Point selection forms the next tip. This is basically the use of pronouns to take the angle of first, second or third persona. Emphasis is on first persona since it places the reader into the context of the text. The child will be drawn into the story since he or she acts as the character. The third one suits animals best.

All in all, tones and emotions are very essential under this piece of writing. One has to clearly denote aspects of happiness, sadness, encouragement, mystery or even anger. This is the inner voice of the poet. Since kids have feelings, a successful writer needs to include this for them to be able to feel and distinguish them clearly.

All these tips count a lot in drafting childrens poems. The benefit exhibited is that of growth and maturity when it comes to uttering the words correctly. With an early enhancer, they grow up knowing the right pronunciations and this process continues as they grow. This makes these poems be vital for use.




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