poetry

Poetry Books You Don’t Want to Miss

I want kids to read and love poetry. I really do. Why? Because while poems may seem easy to read because the words are concise and the text is short, the imagery, symbolism, and meaning generally pack a big punch. Which kids will appreciate later in life even more. Through the years, I’ve reviewed and […]

Found Poetry with Recycled Magazines

Reuse your old magazines and create found poetry from the words and phrases you discover on their pages. Found poetry takes kids on a treasure hunt for wonderful words and phrases. Then, they will use those words and phrases to find a poem; to write a “found” poem by collaging together something in a new, poetic way. […]

Daily Poetry Activities for Kids

For National Poetry Month or any time of the year, read poetry daily to your kids. It doesn’t have to be poetry specifically written for kids either. Unfortunately, my kids weren’t excited about the whole poem a day idea of mine. At all. So first, I found poems they would like and second, found poems they […]

9 New Poetry Books

Happy Poetry Month! Do you read poems with your children and students? If you’re looking for inspiring poetry books to read with your kids, see what you think about these new releases. Read the poems out loud, savor the word pictures, consider the meanings. Enjoy! “. . . poems hide. In the bottoms of our […]

Get Lit Spoken Word Poetry Inspires Teens to Find Their Voices

Get Lit is an LA.-based initiative created by Diane Luby Lane that uses poetry, reading, writing, and spoken word, to inspire teens to reengage with their lives and education. The Get Lit Rising book is profound, sharing the stories of 19 individual teen poets, the classic poem that inspired them, and their response poems. The teens in […]

Unlocking Poetry for Kids with Art

Introducing poetry to my kids didn’t go exactly like I planned. My kids weren’t loving the poems or even understanding what they were reading. So I needed a way to unlock poetry for my kids — and I found it through art. Poetry can seem so strange. What in the world are these poets talking […]

Wordless Picture Books Writing Prompt

by Terri Thompson of Creative Family Fun Have you ever read a wordless picture book? They are so wonderful for many reasons: 1) Pre-readers can read a wordless picture book independently and 2) both readers and pre-readers can practice their storytelling skills. And, as we found out, wordless picture books provide a great springboard for writing […]

Hidden Message Poetry

Poetry is amazing, isn’t it? There are so many forms and it’s so accessible to all age groups. Kids love it because it’s so familiar. They’ve been hearing it all their lives. Remember all those nursery rhymes? To encourage my reluctant writer, we turned our poetry into artwork. We made it even more special by […]