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Children’s Book Club: “Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems”

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

S’more time! Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of a collection of camping poems called ‘Toasting Marshmallows’ by Kristine O’Connell George.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Nature Poems

“H is for Haiku,” An Invitation to Small Joys

By Megan Willome 101 Comments

Celebrate International Haiku Day with Megan Willome and Sydell Rosenberg’s ‘H is for Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z.’

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Haiku, Haiku Poems

Take Your Poet to School Week: Eugene Field, the Poet of Childhood

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Girl with puppy Eugene Field

Eugene Field is perhaps the perfect poet for Take Your Poet to School Week. It was the schoolchildren of St. Louis who saved his house from demolition.

Filed Under: article, children, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Funny Poems, Poems, Poetry Classroom, poetry humor, Poets, Take Your Poet to School Week

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

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Poet in a Cupcake Day Cover

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

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Shel Silverstein Take Your Poet to School

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

Take Your Poet to School Week: Mother Goose

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Mother Goose Take Your Poet to School Week Cover

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

Children’s Book Club: “Owl Moon”

By Megan Willome 21 Comments

Quiet, now. Let’s bundle up and pay attention. Join us as we read Jane Yolen’s “Owl Moon” with Megan Willome as our guide.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Reading and Books

Children’s Book Club: “Frederick”

By Megan Willome 20 Comments

Poets have their own sort of economy—they harvest words. Join us as we read Leo Lionni’s classic fable “Frederick” with Megan Willome as our guide.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

The Grandfather Stories: Goldilocks and the Three Brothers

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Winne the Pooh Grandfather Stories

Reading to our grandsons has taught us that the “social time” of reading is just as important as the reading itself — reading tells them they matter.

Filed Under: article, Childhood Poems, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Fairy Tale Poems, Fairytales

Poetry and Tea with the Boys

By Holly Smothers Grantham 12 Comments

boys in blazers poetry and tea boys

For Holly Smothers Grantham, Poetry and Tea Time with the boys is all about falling in love with words.

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Blog, Children's Poetry, Tea

Top 10 Best Pillow Poems

By Will Willingham 18 Comments

Pillow Poems decorative pillow with petals

As Poem on Your Pillow Day approaches, we’ve rounded up 10 great Pillow Poems so you can bring the joy of poetry to someone you love.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Dream Poems, love poems, Pillow Poems, Poems, poetry

You Are a Poetry Person—Maybe You Just Don’t Know It

By Tara Skurtu 7 Comments

I Don't Like Poetry - pensive child

If you say you’re not a poetry person, poet Tara Skurtu will not believe you. Find out why she believes everyone is a poetry person.

Filed Under: Children's Poetry, How to Write a Poem, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts, Writing Tips

Poets and Poems: Wendell Berry and “Terrapin”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

The poems of “Terrapin and Other Poems” by Wendell Berry contain an essential and childlike innocence; the illustrations by Tom Pohrt match that innocence.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, article, Children's Poetry, Humorous Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Roger McGough’s “As Far As I Know”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Poetry Shoes on wall

A Poets and Poems review of Roger McGough’s “As Far As I Know, ” a collection of poems published last year that includes both serious and fun poems.

Filed Under: article, Blog, book reviews, Books, Childhood Poems, Children's Poetry, Funny Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry humor, poetry reviews, Short Poems

Top 10 Funny Poems

By Will Willingham 30 Comments

Cute Girl Laughing Top 10 Funny Poems

What makes for funny poems? Maybe the same things that make any writing funny. Enjoy a laugh and these ten funny poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Cat Poems, Children's Poetry, Dog Poems, Funniest Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems

The Swing: A Children’s Poem on the Playground

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 7 Comments

the swing children's poem

Kimberlee Conway Ireton takes a toddler to the park and remembers a children’s poem while doing underdog pushes on the swing.

Filed Under: Baby Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry

World Read Aloud Day: 6 Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Children

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 13 Comments

reading aloud

On this World Read Aloud Day, Kimberlee Conway Ireton give us 6 great benefits of reading aloud to our children.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

Llamas in Pajamas (and 10 great children’s poetry books)

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 16 Comments

children's poetry

Kimberlee Conway Ireton reads Llamas in Pajamas — and 10 great children’s poetry books — with her kids. In fleecy pajamas.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, poetry

Teaching Poetry to Children: There Are So Many Blues

By Ann Kroeker 14 Comments

teaching poetry to children

“Oh, my kids aren’t poetic at all, ” she said. “Prepare yourself for a big flop.” Ann Kroeker takes on the challenge of teaching poetry to children.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Come Again: Teaching Poetry to Children

By Ann Kroeker 15 Comments

poetry with children

Ann Kroeker reflects on teaching poetry to her children through such simple routines and rituals as reading poetry at the dinner table.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry

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