If most people were asked to write a poem, the resulting piece of writing would probably be a short, rhyming story. Although there are numerous other, more advanced ways of writing poetry, this simple, elementary style is perfect for preschool children.
Have fun reading some children’s poetry with your son or daughter. There are books at the library or you can find numerous appropriate collections online. Be sure to enjoy several poems with the basic rhyming pattern. While reading this style of poetry, you quickly will notice that it is easy to slip into a sing-songy voice as rhymes are connected. Don’t be afraid to “go with the flow” of it.
It is fairly easy for even young children to memorize this style of poetry because of the simple rythym heard in the lines. And along with practicing memorization skills, they gain experience in reading with fluency and with expression. Even though a child may not be actually reading the words, through repetition of the words you have read to your child, she learns how the words should flow and how the reader’s voice should change.
So find a silly, rhyming poem that is only a couple of stanzas long, and read it repeatedly to your child. Help her memorize it, and give it life as she recites it to a friend or family member.
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Written by Laura on May 6, 2011
It may seem impossible to teach reading fluency to a child who is not yet able to read. However, reading fluently involves more than simply being able to decode the words. In order to read fluently, a person must be able to chunk groups of words together and say them in a steady fashion. A reader must make the words on the page sound natural and flowing.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 11, 2011
Think about how you are reading this article right now. Are you spending time slowly decoding each individual word? Or are you able to smoothly read each word consecutively in your head? This smooth flow is called “fluency”. Fluency can be difficult to assess in pre-readers because they are not yet ready for recognizing a large vocabulary of words and are probably not ready for dec
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Written by Laura on October 1, 2010
Echo reading is a strategy used in elementary classrooms that helps students develop fluency in their reading. In echo reading, students are paired together and then take turns reading the same passage, usually one or two sentences at a time. Although your preschooler probably is not able to actually read the words, this same strategy, with a bit of altering, can be utilized to teach the same fl
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Written by BRWI Staff on March 17, 2010
