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Humor: Poems for Kids. Read a selection of funny poems that are appropriate for young people like “Mother Doesn't Want a Dog” by Judith Viorst, “The List of Famous Hats” by James Tate, and more.
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Animals: Poems for Kids - The Academy of American Poets is...
- Friendship
Friendship: Poems for Kids - Read a selection of poems about...
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Poems Kids Like - Read a selection of poems kids love by...
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Family: Poems for Kids - The following poems are about...
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Beginnings: Poems for Kids - The following poems are about...
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- “The Mountain and the Squirrel” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The mountain and the squirrel. Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter. “Little prig.” Bun replied,
- “The Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll. How doth the little crocodile. Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile. On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin,
- “Hey Diddle Diddle” by Walter Crane. Hey diddle diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow skipt over the moon; The little dog laughed to see the fine sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
- “The Star” by Jane Taylor. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is set,
By A. A. Milne. Famous Poem. The wind is a unique phenomenon. While we are unable to see it, we can see the result of it blowing. “Wind on the Hill” shows a child grappling with this understanding. A.A. Milne wrote books and poems for children. His most famous creation was Winnie the Pooh.
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- Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer. When Daniel sees a sign for “Poetry in the Park,” he asks, “What is poetry?” His experiences provide an answer, lots of sample poetic lines, and a great entry point into writing poetry for young students.
- The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes by Jackie Morris. Share all the traditional nursery rhymes you remember from childhood with your young students with this beautifully-illustrated treasury.
- One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Mannis. Eleven poems set in the tranquility of a Japanese garden. This counting book introduces the haiku form of poetry to young readers.
- A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis. Each turn of a page reveals the subject of a short but powerful verse about an item in nature. Lots of inspiration for students to write their own poems about nature in the same format.
- At The Zoo by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Star Light, Star Bright by Anonymous
- There Was An Old Person Whose Habits by Edward Lear
- What Are Heavy by Christina Rossetti
- Tommy by Gwendolyn Brooks
“Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk; Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!”
“Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight.”
“There was an Old Person whose habits, Induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he’d eaten eighteen, He turned perfectly green, Upon which he relinquished those habits.”
“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow: What are brief? today and tomorrow: What are frail? spring blossoms and youth: What are deep? the ocean and truth.”
“I put my seed into the ground And said, ‘I’ll watch it grow.’ I watered it and cared for it As well as I could know.”
Then pass out a copy of the poem to each child and reread it to the students as they follow along. Then read the poem together chorally. Poetry lends itself to choral reading because of its rhythm. Follow the same procedure with the second poem. On the second day, reread the poems chorally.
During the introductory session, limit the demonstration to sharing and discussing kids' poems. Sharing poems written by other children sends a clear message: "Kids just like you wrote these poems. You can write poems too." As students listen to and read poetry, make sure they see and hear immediately that a poem: Can be about anything; Can use ...
