ISBN: 9789381115510    Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2012     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 145        Language: English

Poetry captures the wonder of life, in a few words... it surrounds us, we just know it by different names - craft, music, dance, song, and even activities such as driving, swimming, cooking or painting. There is a rhythm, rhyme and balance in all these activities - this is poetry in the real world. Following this series (Book I & Book II), is equivalent to attending an uncomplicated and practical course in poetry. The methodologies are clear-cut, understanding and user-friendly. This 2-volume set furnishes you with a toolkit to help you teach and write poetry. Get acquainted with the poetry process: paint your words; learn how to use tone, repetition and rhyme readily; employ the right tools to maintain your poetry journals and compile your anthologies. Sarika Singh shares her poetry recipes with other teachers and parents who wish to offer children the guidance and space to experiment with their own creativity whilst having fun. Poetry is fun! It is for everyone!
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Sarika Singh is a teacher and trainer for creative poetry writing. She is a management professional blessed with a creative mind, a dedication for poetry, and a natural flair for communicating with children. Being nourished in the creative soils of India, she is a product of St. Mary's Presentation Convent School Jammu, and she owes her professional existence to her academic derivation in the Indian domain. Always spellbound by the power of language & ink, she has been inking her thoughts via poems since early days. Her passion for poetry since childhood has motivated her to conduct Creative Poetry Writing workshops for children - something she has been pursuing for over a decade. Girls and boys who contemplated they could not write, or did not think they had an interest in poetry, churn out wonderful poems at her fun-filled sessions. She has completed Business English from University of Cambridge ESOL and ha Children who thought they could not write or have a interest in poetry, churn out wonderful poems at her fun-filled sessions. She has completed Business English from University of Cambridge ESOL and has worked in the editorial wing of Encyclopedia Britannica. As an active member of Poetry Society Australia and Poet and Critic, she is currently based in New Delhi, India, where she conducts creative workshops for children under her flagpost, Myraid Resources Pvt Ltd. She believes that creating poetry is not only therapeutic but also improves a child's overall writing ability and opens him to a world of self expression.
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