Importance of Poetry in Children's Learning [electronic resource] / Michael Benton.

This paper examines the uniqueness of poetry and classroom methodology as found in children's experiences of hearing, enacting, discussing, and making poems. Poetry offers the peculiar use of language, form, and a fresh look. Poems are useful in the classroom as they are read differently from o...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Benton, Michael
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	Children. Classroom Techniques. Directed Reading Activity. Elementary Education. Foreign Countries. Learning Processes. Poetry. Reader Text Relationship. Reading Comprehension.