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.

Hi friends! I just wanted to drop in and make sure you didn't miss this week's FREEBIE! It's a brand new series and to say I'm excited about it is an understatement. :) I LOVE poetry. I've always incorporated poetry into my classroom, but usually I find myself scouring my resources at the last minute to try to find a poem for the week. No more! I'm officially writing my own poems for each of the school year for next year! This will ensure that I have them in place ahead of time, that they're…

Jump-start those growing minds with these adorable poems.

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...

Reading poetry with your primary and intermediate students have never been so much fun! 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students all love this month long poem unit. Students will learn about how to read and comprehend a haiku, lymrick, rhyming, shape, ABC, acrostic, cinquain, autobiographical, ballad, ode, tanka, and more during this no prep unit. There are templates provided to write poems, as well as anchor charts, examples and models of poems and figurative language. Digital or in person…

This is a primary blog with ideas for teaching grades kindergarten, first, second and third grade.

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Since it's National Poetry Month, let's all pick a poem and memorize it -- our kids, too. It's so rich to have those words hanging around our brains.

Teaching poetry is so much fun and so easy to do when you have the necessary tools! I remember my first year teaching fourth grade, our writing curriculum had nothing for teaching poetry. Luckily, I have always loved to write, especially poems, so I developed my own Poetry Unit. It was incredible to see even […]