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World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day March 21st is World Poetry Day, so don’t miss out on your chance to celebrate all things poetic with the rest of the planet! In 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
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How to Write a Funny Epitaph Poem
How to Write a Funny Epitaph Poem An epitaph is a poem that mourns someone’s death, usually intended to appear on that person’s tombstone. Although epitaphs are usually serious, it’s also possible for...
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How to Create a Poetry Inspiration Scrapbook
How to Start an Inspiration Scrapbook Words are everywhere. They are on our toothpaste tube when we rub the sand out of our eyes and brush the scum off our teeth in the wee hours of the morning. Words...
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Happy Birthday, Robert Frost
Happy Birthday to Robert Frost! One of the most famous American poets, Robert Frost, was born on March 26, 1874. If he were still alive today, he would be 139 years old! Robert Frost was born in San...
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April Fool’s Day Poetry Activity – Making Musical Goo
April Fool’s Day: Making Musical Goo April 1st is one of my favorite days of the year. Why? Because it’s April Fool’s Day! April Fool’s Day is a time to get creative and play fun pranks on friends,...
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Writing Riddles
Writing Riddle Rhymes Exploring riddles allows you to be a detective and a spy, following clues, and writing in code. Follow this lesson plan to take your creative thinking skills to the next level...
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TIME for Kids 2013 Poetry Contest Winners
TIME for Kids 2013 Poetry Contest Winners Illustration by Gary Lacoste for TFK Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 TIME for Kids Poetry Contest! I had so much fun reading all the entries and...
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How to Celebrate National Poetry Month
7 Ways for Kids to Celebrate National Poetry Month Beginning in 1996, April has been declared National Poetry Month in the US. This tradition was started by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate...
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Host a “Luck of the Draw” Poetry Recital When it comes to poetry recitals, it’s not unusual to feel a bit nervous; why not lighten the mood by turning the event into a game? Whether your group are...
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Jump-Rope Rhymes
Get Jumping! Making Playground Poetry Using Jump-Rope Rhymes Did you know that kids have been skipping rope—or playing some type of very similar game—for hundreds of years? In the United States,...
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Make Your Own Pet Apple
“Pet Apple” Poetry Craft Activity Personification is one tool that writers use to bring their words to life. You can imagine a “sleeping meadow,” or darkness that crept in on the moon’s billowing cape....
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Raise Your Hand Poetry Craft Activity
Foam Hand Extender Craft Activity for “I Raised My Hand in Class” Have you ever been raising your hand so long that it starts to tingle, go numb, and you swear it’s going to fall off any second… but...
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Exploring Personification— A Poetry Lesson Plan This lesson plan uses descriptive examples to explain what personification means and how it is used in poetry. Students will read poem excerpts in which...
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Poetry Smelling Game
“My Senses Are All Backward” Smelling Game Your world is shaped by the information you take in through your senses. You know which ice cream you like best because of your taste buds. You know that...
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How to Create Book Spine Poetry
How to Write Book Spine Poetry Have you heard of “book spine poetry?” It’s a kind of poetry that you don’t really write from scratch – instead, you “find” it by arranging book titles to make a poem....
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Poetry Lessons for Kids Here are some of the poetry writing lessons I have written. These should help you learn to write your own poems as well. How to Write Funny Poetry Chapter 1: Writing Poetry...
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Creativity Exercise – Describe the Sky
Describe the Sky – A Creativity Workout Writers often say that your brain is a bit like a muscle—the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. It’s good to give yourself some regular mental exercises...
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Kenn Nesbitt is the New Children’s Poet Laureate
Kenn Nesbitt Announced as Next Children’s Poet Laureate On June 10, 2013, the Poetry Foundation announced that I will serve as the next Children’s Poet Laureate from now until June, 2015. I’m honored...
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Xbox, Xbox
Subscribe to this Podcast Xbox Xbox Xbox, Xbox, you’re the one for me. I also love my 3DS and my Nintendo Wii. GameCube, GameBoy, Apple iPod Touch. I never thought that I would ever be in love this...
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Put your child in MORE BEARS!
MORE BEARS! Starring Your Child MORE BEARS! is now available in a special customizable hardcover edition from Put Me In the Story. MORE BEARS! was written to be read (and yelled!) out loud. This...
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