Jump-start those growing minds with these adorable poems.

Visualizing is one of my very favorite skills to teach little readers. Why? It's a powerful skill that is used throughout life and really helps with reading and listening comprehension.

Poems for Kids: Below we have gathered a great selection of short and funny poems in English for kids to get them laughing and learning.

Teach addition, subtraction, sight words, phonics, grammar, handwriting and so much more with the May NO PREP Packet for First Grade!

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

Hello Everyone!! Happy April and Happy Poetry Month!! Poetry is one of the parts of our writing curriculum that I look forward to so much!...

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and writing different poems. We have a poetry battle, rank poetry, make a poetry journal, and much more! Here is a look into my poetry unit.... To kick off my poetry unit I have my students each complete this KWL Chart about Poetry. We then discuss what poetry is, what a poet's purpose is, what poems can have, etc. I use and display these posters during my unit…

Fun and easy poetry writing for kids! These three poem styles are a great way to introduce young kids to the art of poetry.

If you use poetry in your early childhood classroom, you may like this set of 40 sight word poems for shared reading. These poems are simple...

Let’s talk, shall we? As many of you already know, I have a passion for Reader’s Theater. It is, hands down, THE BEST WAY I have found to practice meaningful, purposeful, and engaging fluency practice in my classroom. Now. You might be thinking what I first thought when I heard about Reader’s Theater. So the ... Read More about Reader’s Theater in the Primary Classroom (with a FREEBIE)