Kate Williams

Christmas Colours will inspire any child to put pen to paper, especially with beautiful, bright lights and pictures for stimulus, and whole-body enactments of spinning baubles and flashing lights! These are the sorts of activities included in my virtual poetry sessions, along with singing and clapping to ukulele (younger), word-building challenges, poems to listen to, and lots of interaction from the children.

Language-stretching – Do all lights flash, by the way? Or do some of them twinkle, glow, blaze, wink, dance, smile, welcome, shimmer? What other alternatives will the children come up with, I wonder. They always amaze me. As for similes, the possibilities are as wide as a sunset: baubles might glisten (that’s another!) like icicles, glow like candles, glint and gleam like animal eyes in a wood – but again, the children will have their own ideas to offer.

Poetry launch pads – I also send over graded, illustrated, downloadable poetry starter frames (example here) for follow-on writing – except for Yrs 5 + 6 who are usually ready to go it alone. Time permitting, we squeeze in some silly rhymes or other word fun – perhaps about Santa or his reindeer in this case.

Christmas / Winter – For any schools skirting around Christmas itself, there are plenty of bright, winter colours to celebrate on any winter’s day or night.

Other topics available: Winter Woods and their Creatures, Space, Dragons, and Autumn Leaves while they last.

To discuss, ask a question or make a booking, please email me any time.

Details on Virtual Workshops page.

Kate
Email: katewilliams.poetry@gmail.com