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Top 10 Totally Fun Teaching Ideas for National Poetry Month

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Top 10 Totally Fun Teaching Ideas for National Poetry Month

You’ve got the whole month of April to celebrate National Poetry Month. We’ve got the cut ‘n color poets and top 10 teaching ideas—for you to make it the most fun and informative thirty days ever!

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to School Week

5 Sumptuously Fun Ways to Spend Poet in a Cupcake Day!

By LW Lindquist 1 Comment

5 Sumptuously Fun Ways to Spend Poet in a Cupcake Day!

It’s Poet in a Cupcake Day! Check out our fun ideas for celebrating, with real cupcakes or a fun printable. Both go wonderfully with our cut n’ color poets.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to School Week

Bring in the Cupcakes! It’s Take Your Poet to School Week

By LW Lindquist 6 Comments

Bring in the Cupcakes! It’s Take Your Poet to School Week

It’s Take Your Poet to School Week! Celebrate with themes such as Talk Like a Poet Day, Poet in Your Math Book Day, and of course, sweetest of all, our new public day: Poet in a Cupcake Day!

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to School Week

Take Your Poet to School Week: Shel Silverstein

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Take Your Poet to School Week: Shel Silverstein

Celebrate Take Your Poet to School Week “where the sidewalk ends.” Shel Silverstein makes his debut for next week’s big event.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry teaching resources, Shel Silverstein, Take Your Poet to School Week

Form It: Little Lamb Poetry Prompt

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Form It: Little Lamb Poetry Prompt

“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a little lamb. 🙂

Filed Under: Blog, Form It, Lions & Lambs, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Take Your Poet to School Week: Mother Goose

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Take Your Poet to School Week: Mother Goose

Even the mythical poets are getting in on the fun of Take Your Poet to School Week. Today, Mother Goose hops on a stick and makes her debut.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Mother Goose, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to School Week

Take Your Poet to School Week: Ogden Nash

By LW Lindquist 2 Comments

Take Your Poet to School Week: Ogden Nash

Our preparation for this year’s Take Your Poet to School Week continues with the light and whimsical poems of Ogden Nash.

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Poetry Prompt: Misunderstood Lion

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Poetry Prompt: Misunderstood Lion

When you think of lions, do you think of affection? Come learn about the surprising ways of lions and write a roaring good poem.

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Take Your Poet to School: Robert Louis Stevenson

By LW Lindquist 3 Comments

Take Your Poet to School: Robert Louis Stevenson

Don’t let the folks with briefcases have all the fun. Join in the brand new celebration of Take Your Poet to School Week with our fun cut ‘n color poets on a stick.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, poetry, Take Your Poet to School Week

Animate: Lions & Lambs Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 3 Comments

Animate: Lions & Lambs Poetry Prompt

This week’s poetry prompt asks you to become two fabled mammals at odds— lions & lambs. Whether a powerful, shaggy maned lion or a gentle, nursery-rhyme worthy lamb. Join us, animate yourself, and create poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Behind the Velvet Rope

By Heather Eure 2 Comments

Poetry Prompt: Behind the Velvet Rope

This week we find ourselves on either side of a legendary barrier and consider its significance. Join the line with us as we create poetry about the velvet rope.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Satin & Velvet, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Poetry Prompt: Quiet as Velvet

By Heather Eure 19 Comments

Poetry Prompt: Quiet as Velvet

Learn about poet Elinor Wylie’s brief but soap-opera-worthy life, and read one of her most well-known poems. Then glean inspiration from her style and create your own quiet-as-velvet poem.

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Form It: Satin Bow Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 4 Comments

Form It: Satin Bow Poetry Prompt

“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a satin bow. 🙂

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Animate: Satin & Velvet Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 4 Comments

Animate: Satin & Velvet Poetry Prompt

This week’s poetry prompt asks you to imagine yourself as soft, luxurious satin or velvet. Join us, animate yourself into the hopes, dreams, and potential of these sumptuous fabrics and create poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: A Bridge to Life

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

Poetry Prompt: A Bridge to Life

Bridges can be grand in scale or an unassuming link from one place to the next. Many of us have a favorite. Come read a bridge poem by Marianne Moore and share your own “bridge to life” poems.

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Poetry Prompt: A Tunnel to the Underworld

By Heather Eure 19 Comments

Poetry Prompt: A Tunnel to the Underworld

In Greek mythology, Persephone was snatched from the world she knew and taken to the underworld to become the wife of Hades. Come tunnel your way to the underworld with us, in poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, Bridges & Tunnels, Epic Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Bridge of Love: Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 29 Comments

Bridge of Love: Poetry Prompt

Love, water, bridges, time: it’s a great poetic tradition to put these elements together. Join us, explore some sample poems, and create your own bridge of love with poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, Bridges & Tunnels, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Form It: A Tunnel Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 8 Comments

Form It: A Tunnel Poetry Prompt

“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a tunnel. 🙂

Filed Under: Blog, Bridges & Tunnels, Form It, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

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