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Publication Date: 1990
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The Primacy of Poetry: Oral Culture and the Young Child.
Obbink, Laura Apol
New Advocate, v3 n4 p227-34 Fall 1990
Discusses the importance of the spoken word and the tradition of nursery verse and other forms of poetry. Encourages teachers and students to never abandon the rhythm, balance, and pleasurable taste of language as it was first learned through oral chants, jingles, and rhymes of early childhood. (MG)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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