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Exploring Poetry with Elementary Students
Poetry offers elementary learners wonderful opportunities to play with language and express themselves creatively. Here are some activities to help kids explore various poetic forms and build confidence in their writing and performance skills. Exploring Poetic Forms Acrostic Poems Acrostic … [continue reading]
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Early Years Poetry Fun Poetry Activities for Early Elementary
Poetry can be super fun for young kids. Here are some simple ways to get little ones excited about poems and rhyming. Reading Poems Out Loud Kids love hearing fun poems with rhymes and rhythm. Try reading nursery rhymes, Dr. … [continue reading]
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Bird Poems
Little birds sing with their beaks In the apple trees; But little crickets in the grass Are singing with their knees.
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March Poems
March March winds are blowing Sure hope it stops snowing And things start growing.
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Halloween Poems
Five Little Pumpkins Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate, (Hold up fingers for pumpkins) The first one said ‘Oh my! It’s getting late!’ The second one said ‘There are witches in the air!’ The third one said ‘But we … [continue reading]
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Fall Poems
The Message Little night noises I hear your call Summoning frost Welcoming fall. Little night noises Your message is clear. Summer has left us And autumn is here. by Leland B. Jacobs Goodbye to Fall When all the crops are… [continue reading]
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Traffic Light and Stop Sign Poems
Red light, red light What do you say? I say stop and stop right away. Yellow light, yellow light What do you mean? I mean wait till the light turns green. Green light, green light What do you say? I … [continue reading]
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September Poems
Golden September September is the golden month The sun still warmly shines. September paints the world glistening gold With a grandeur that’s sublime. Jeweled orchards in the sun- Apples sparkling – jade, ruby, and gold. Feast your eyes on September’s … [continue reading]
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Autumn Leaves Poems
Fall Wind Everything is on the run – willows swishing in the sun, branches full of dip and sway, falling leaves that face away, pine trees tossing on the hill – nothing’s quite, nothings still, all the sky is full … [continue reading]
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Popcorn Poems
A Popcorn Song Source either Penny Harter or Unknown Sing a song of popcorn When the snowstorms rage; Fifty little brovn men Put into a cage, Shake them till they laugh and leap Crowding to the top, Watch them burst … [continue reading]