Comments on: Why I Read Poetry to My Toddler https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/ | Best Children's Books Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mandi @ Little Boy Blue and Mommy Too https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-2/#comment-81030 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:23:24 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-81030 Love this post! Thank you! My little guy doesn’t seem to have the patience to sit through a whole book most of the time, so I think I might try reading a little poetry to him. 🙂

]]> By: Michelle Breum https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-2/#comment-23473 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:31:58 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-23473 Our family is a little silly. We love funny poems. We can’t get enough of Jack Preluctsky and Shel Silverstein. The Baby Uggs are Hatching is my favorite collection of Jack Preluctsky poems.
You will find a long list of great poetry websites for kids at the end of this Squidoo lens I created.
http://www.squidoo.com/reading-starts-at-home
Here’s the source where a I got the list. http://www.squidoo.com/k12interactivepoetry

]]> By: Barb https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-2/#comment-22577 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:16:58 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22577 I just read the delightful children’s book Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan…about a wonderful writer/teacher inspiring 4th grade children to write poetry. You would LOVE it!

]]> By: Saara https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-1/#comment-22497 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:21:06 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22497 What a wonderful post Robin, thank you! And thank you Melissa for posting.

We don’t have many books of poetry in our collection but what we do have we use extensively. The one we like best, and which we’ve been constantly reading over and over since the little guy was a year and a half (now he’s five) has been “Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young” edited by Jack Prelutsky.

]]> By: Sarah https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-1/#comment-22494 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:33:42 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22494 I absolutely love this post, and this beautiful perspective on sharing written words with little ones. I truly needed a little inspiration today. My little reader will be getting up in a few hours and will want me to enthusiastically read with him – after having been up all night with his little sister. The magic of being two! Many thanks again for sharing!

]]> By: Jenny C (@jayjaycee1) https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-1/#comment-22484 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:54:07 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22484 Great post! My son has been hearing poems since he was born. He responds to rhythm and rhyme so well. On my bookshelf I have A Puffin Book of Poets, Amanda Swaney’s Sharing Poetry with Children, Giggly Rhymes, Elves and Faeries, and they’re just the ones I can see here from the computer. And stories that are spoken with rhythm he loves too. He makes up some now too. It’s very important in his/our life.

]]> By: Alex@LateEnough https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-1/#comment-22433 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:14:28 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22433 I started out as a poet before moving into blogging and essay writing. I’ve read poetry on and off to my children but this inspires me to read more poetry to them. Thanks!

]]> By: Chris (@book_dads) https://imaginationsoup.net/why-i-read-poetry-to-my-toddler/comment-page-1/#comment-22392 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:48:54 +0000 https://imaginationsoup.net/?p=5685#comment-22392 This is great! I love poetry and studied many poets in college. I love Emily Dickinson as well and have saved all my college poetry books for my daughter when she gets a little older.

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