Kate Williams

As the blossom comes and the leaf buds start unfurling, it’s uplifting to watch the trees come alive again. And not just watch, but LISTEN! 

Here’s ‘Can You Hear The Treetops?’ – my poem for young children about just that, on YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/iMj4f-dByoc

And here’s another, with stirring musical background:  ‘Bring me Trees!’ 

Trees and children – 

Trees are fascinating to draw, describe, imitate, climb, hide behind (or in), study close up or at a great distance, dream about. They’re great for story-writing and poetic fantasies too.

Start a child off with ‘My tree is…’ or ‘What do the trees think?’ or ‘Trees in the breeze go – ‘, or another opening line, after being around trees and talking about them together, and off they’ll go!

Kate

Video-Poems – POETRY FIZZ: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO_w75QsEJYLsH6ickyeI0g

Poetry resources store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/katewilliams_poetry

___________________________________________________________________________________________