Narrative poems, concrete poems are different types of poetry. Especially at the Nursery level, we mix the forms and the poetry techniques. The devices are positioned in such a way that it enhances the imaginative skills of our young learners. The theme of our poems shares the ideas and the emotions or a valuable story to the spectator. Young learners enjoy listening to the stories in poetic language. The rhyming words and repetition of words assist them to recall, and it also assists in easily recollecting even after years.
Poems need to have listened, read, and recited loudly for a child to learn to internalize and relate to current affairs. It also allows the young learners to recollect the memory and compare it with the facts or the reality. Teaching poems enable the learners to appreciate the rhyme and rhythm of poetry, also to understand the thoughts and imagination enclosed in the poems. They enjoy the recitation, develop their aesthetic senses, can pay diligent attention to form, language and techniques and appreciate the poetry itself.
Preparing poems scrutinizes everyone in the selection of words especially when it comes to young learners, it’s an art of insight and creativity. Even a learner who struggles to form sentences recites poems easily because of the rhyming and repetition of words. It also enhances essential skills like phoneme awareness, vocabulary; both written, and spoken expressions. The process of preparing this poetry is mostly on the creative outlet for our learner’s mature understanding of nature and the world around us in a way that makes them feel comfortable, assured, and successful.
Despite this pandemic, our school strived to effectively prepare our Kindergarten learners and practice the poetry in a short period. Our teacher’s and learners’ enthusiasm, the vigorous practice gave a productive and exuberant program for all the spectators. Poems on books, friends, school life, nature, logical thinking and Covid 19, presented by learners had kept the audience glued to this event. Both our teachers and learners always make us feel proud and we appreciate the perfect bonding within our parents, teachers, and learners.
We are grateful to our School Management for the inspiration, including our Head Teacher Mrs. Rooma Mali and Deputy Head Teacher Ms. Chepngetich Koech for their motivation and valuable guidance for our staff. Asante sana to the entire ICT team for their resilience, cooperation, tireless efforts, and the mesmerizing outcome of the program. We also thank our parents who support and cooperate with us with all the events. As Phil Jackson rightly said, “The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team.”
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