“孩子是天生的诗人，他们想象力丰富，心灵纯洁，孩子眼中的世界澄澈得一尘不染，往往更容易比成人感受到世界的美好。不经意间说出的童言童语，往往就是一句可爱的、闪烁着最初人性之光的小诗。”
孩子需要学英语、需要阅读、也需要诗意的生活。所以，老师们可以在孩子学英语的过程中适当穿插地道英文诗歌的阅读，这样一来，不仅能够给孩子的日常阅读起到调节作用，还有助于培养孩子对英语的韵律感、提升孩子的文学气质。
“年纪小的孩子对诗的反应就像呼吸一样自然，甚至是不会说话的孩子也一样喜欢听到有韵律节奏的调子。”
//诗歌更易于孩子接受：诗歌和音乐一样，节奏和韵律之美超越了语言本身的难度。在诗歌中语法、句式变得不是那么重要，诗歌简短精致的篇幅，朗朗上口的节奏都更容易被母语非英语的孩子接受。这也是很多语言专家为什么会鼓励孩子从阅读英文诗歌入手学英语。
//诗歌可丰富孩子的思想感情：孩子纯真的心灵，更能与诗歌中的情感形成共鸣。阅读诗歌可以让孩子的感情更细腻，心灵更加柔软，生命更加有质地。
播种阅读也为老师们精选出42首地道儿童英文诗歌，其中既包括像“The Raven”这样的经典作品，也有像“Turn off the TV”的现代诗歌作品。这些诗歌的内容大都通俗易懂，同时为了增强趣味性，每首诗歌还配有精美的插图。我们建议老师将这些诗歌打印出来分发给学生，作为他们阅读的材料，并与学生一同领略诗歌之美。
“Casey at the Bat”
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
“Tan”
by Malathi Michelle Iyengar
“Since Hanna Moved Away,”
by Judith Viorst
“My Chinatown”
by Kam Mak
“Mary’s Lamb”
by Sarah Josepha Hale
“Friends”
by Abbie Farwell Brown
“The Tyger”
by William Blake
“Maggie and Milly and Molly and May”
by E.E. Cummings
“How to Paint a Donkey”
by Naomi Shihab Nye
“The Purple Cow”
by Gelett Burgess
“The Dream of Shoji”
by Kimiko Hahn
“Poor Old Lady”
by Anonymous
“Rathers”
by Mary Hunter Austin
“Homework! Oh, Homework!”
by Jack Prelutsky
“Where the Sidewalk Ends”
by Shel Silverstein
“Moon Festival”
by Marilyn Singer
“Unexpected Holiday”
by Alma Flor Ada
“The Raven”
by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Quarrel”
by Maxine Kumin
“The Lorax”
by Dr. Seuss
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The Rainbow”
by Christina Rossetti
“Halfway Down”
by A.A. Milne
“Caged Bird”
by Maya Angelou
“The Spider and the Fly”
by Mary Howitt
“Turn Off the TV!”
by Bruce Lansky
“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”
by Robert Frost
“Kitty Caught a Caterpillar”
by Jack Prelutsky
“Wallet Size”
by Nikki Grimes
“Adventures of Isabel”
by Ogden Nash
“Jabberwocky”
by Lewis Carroll
“What is Pink?”
by Christina Rossetti
“Mrs. Mitchell’s Underwear”
by Dennis Lee
“The Swing”
by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Invictus”
by William Ernest Henley
“Hope”
by Emily Dickinson
“I, Too”
by Langston Hughes
“O Captain! My Captain!”
by Walt Whitman
“The Dentist and the Crocodile”
by Roald Dahl
“Dino Thought”
by Jane Yolen
“Bee! I’m Expecting You!”
by Emily Dickinson
“Reading”
by Jacqueline Woodson
读诗不是炫技，而是表露心声。通过朗诵富于音乐性的英语诗歌，可以增强朗读者对英语语言的敏感度和审美能力，达成声音与意义的有机融合——以情定声、以声传情。希望老师们在与学生一起阅读的过程中，都能获得更深刻的英语文化体验。
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