Poetry for Kids

Use Cartoons to teach Creative Writing and Poetry.

Poem Place - EXCELLENT SITE!! You can type in a phrase or author of a poem/s you are looking for; or select a category; or browse all the poems, all 2243 of them!!!

 Poetry Teachers.com (Great site, also has how to teach poetry)

 Giggle Poetry (Poems by Bruce Lansky etc. One of my favourite sites! Related to Poetry Teachers Site)

 Online Songs & Poetry for Children (Great Links)

LEARNING GAMES, SONGS, NURSERY RHYMES & POETRY (Scroll down to the Poetry & Nursery Rhymes section for lots of links)

 Rebus Rhymes (Mother Goose & Others) (Good to print out because they have little colour pictures throughout the rhymes) 

A Pocketful of Rhymes Bookmark for the future! 

Tips for teaching Poetry to children / Teach Haiku Poetry too!

Shel Silverstein and his Poetry

Read some of Shel Silverstein's Poetry

Shel Silverstein - 5th / 6th grade Project

Would-a, Could-a, Should-a

More funny drawings and poems by Shel Silverstein

Here is a great WebQuest about Shel Silverstein

Read The Peanut Butter Sandwich

Hear poems from 'Where the Sidewalk Ends

Read There's a Bear and Abigail

A.A. Milne

Brownie

If I were King

James, James (Disobedience)

Has anybody seen my mouse?

Rice Pudding

Teddy Bear

At the Zoo

The King's Breakfast

Vespers

Happiness

Learn how to write Poetry

If I Poems

My Feelings

Acrostic Poems

Haiku Poetry

A Limerick

A Dream Poem

Backwards Poem

Tongue Twisters

More fun Poetry lesson plans

Check out some of these great Poetry sites:

Ode to Kermit the Frog

Kermit inspiration has poems: Visit and read the posted poems, or share your thoughts and post your own!

Poetry for Kids - How to write poetry

Cinquain Poetry - Integrating Math

Monarch Haiku Lesson Plan for Grades 2-3

Korky's Kool Rhyme Machine (Can put students' names into computer-generated rhymes)

The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary

 

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