[header] How to write poetry for kids [title] Consider your audience. [step] Young children tend to gravitate toward short poetry that rhymes. Funny and silly poems are usually popular, as are nursery rhymes.
[header] How to write poetry for kids [title] Consider your audience. [step] Young children tend to gravitate toward short poetry that rhymes. Funny and silly poems are usually popular, as are nursery rhymes.
However, it's best if you have a particular element to the poem that excites the reader. [substeps] Popular rhymes are words that begin with the first letter of the word and condense into the other two letters. Poems that have overly long rhyming words can turn kids reading them off of the page. Similarly, poetry with too few rhyming syllables leads to a cramped and incorrect writing style. You don't have to write rhyming poetry, but rhymes actually develop valuable pre-reading skills for young children. [substeps] Poems that are about everyday and ordinary experiences can be a good way for young children to learn to think about those things in different lights. Young children may not enjoy long poems that are too long or too short. Consider the age of the child and how much of a joy the poem expresses.