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Quiz: Why Poetry?

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Teaching a child an appreciation for the sound and meaning of words involves much more than using only the vocabulary of basic conversation. Developing a love of language as a child leads to fluency in reading, which can lead to success later in life.

1.  It’s important that a child learns the alphabet early, but poetry…






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