8 Benefits of Reading Poetry With Your Child

8 Benefits of Reading Poetry With Your Child

• It encourages creativity and imagination

• It inspires artistic expression through critical thinking

• It provides moments for self-reflections and expressing feelings

• It helps youth connect with their emotions

• It serves a positive and inspiring way to connect with youths

• It provides a positive outlet for expressing thoughts, feelings and emotions

• It can be used to develop confidence and courage through public speaking

• It can be a catapult for authorship and entrepreneurship

Not sure where to start or how to write poetry? Here is a list of poet experts that may help guide you on your path.

Poem Resources

Universe Poems: Carol Natasha Diviney, Founder of Universe Poems

https://universepoems.co.uk/

Poems.com: EDITORIAL CO-DIRECTORS Sally Keith, Peter Streckfus and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Gregg Wilhelm

https://poems.com/

Poetry Foundation: Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Poets.org | The Academy of American Poets was founded by twenty-three-year-old Marie Bullock.

https://poets.org/