Poezja w kontekście wczesnej edukacji. Trzeba „świat przyłapać na inności” – wiersze Wisławy Szymborskiej w odbiorze pięciolatków
Poetry in the Context of Early Education. The World Must be “Caught up in Otherness” – Poems by Wisława Szymborska in the Reception of Five-Year-Olds

Summary/Abstract: Poetry stimulates the development of cognitive processes and significantly affects the emotional development of the small child. The analysis and interpretation of poetry plays an important role in mastering a language, shaping and developing memory, and developing the child’s creative imagination. Nowadays, it seems necessary to reach for highly artistic poetry with a deep poetic message. Such are the poems of Wisława Szymborska who practises a kind of poetic pedagogy and play on words. The recipients of Szymborska’s poetry were five-year-old children, for whom the poems became an object of “great fun” and aesthetic satisfaction. The author of the article has been conducting classes with children based on highly artistic literary texts by Wisława Szymborska, Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert, and Joanna Kulmowa for many years. According to the author, the small child needs unconventional experiences and sensations, philosophical and libertarian impulses – such as those provided by Szymborska’s poetry. “Only poetic language can interest a young Facebook user of today” – said Caroll Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, in 2009. This article is a contribution to the reflection on the role of poetry in the context of early education.

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