Category: Uncategorized
-
Lots of fun with children at Fairwater Library, Cardiff yesterday, singing with my ukulele, tapping rhythms, chanting rhymes and acting them out, and jumping waves in an imaginary sea! 🌊Seaside was our theme, as you can see, and although we didn’t really take our shoes off, we pretended to, and trod on the warm, golden,…
-
Teachers, bring a poem alive for your class by making up a simple tune for it, or setting it to a popular, familiar one. Here’s a little example demo – click to view. Setting a poem to music takes the fear away for any children nervous about poetry, and opens up imagination, creativity, enjoyment, enthusiasm…
-
Here’s my sparkly ‘Summer’s Day Sea’ poem for your children to enjoy! Just click this link to listen! Tips for sharing, discussing and follow-on poetry-crafting with your kids or class! LOTS more on my YouTube channel too, with more uploads daily except Saturday! Do browse through while you’re there! Kate Author: Squeak! Squawk! Roar! (Amazon…
-
If you or your children have read and enjoyed Squeak! Squawk! Roar! – my book of animal poems – it would be ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT if you could drop a rating and maybe quick comment on Amazon to guide browsers! In fact, it would be my pleasure to send you a free signed, personalised copy as…
-
Hi parents, families, minders, teachers, anyone interested! I’m offering signed, personalised copies of SQUEAK! SQUAWK! ROAR! – my collection of animal poems for 6-11 year-olds, FREEPOST within the UK. Just retail price of book to pay: ÂŁ8.99, by PayPal please quoting my email address below. Published by the brilliant Otter-Barry Books last year, and recommended…
-
Hi teachers, mums, dads, anyone interested! âš˝? If you’ve found this post this evening, mid-World Cup, that suggests you’re not following it – at least, not religiously. Snap! Me neither! Instead, perhaps you’d like a glance at Birds in Flight 🕊️ , my latest YouTube short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xmZ1mUoghNg (Click to view). The poem is followed by…
-
Here’s ‘Lightning’, a zig-zaggy picture poem, and the latest upload on my YouTube account. The ‘Short’ also includes tips for teachers for guiding follow-on thunderstorm writing:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_BrTaKKM-Uw LOTS more on my channel, @KatesPoems111, including refreshing yet creative activity ideas for your children to enjoy (and develop from) in heatwaves. Kate Kate WilliamsChildren’s poetBook: Squeak! Squawk! Roar!…
-
For nature-lovers, families and schools – Red deer appearing, disappearing on a sunny, shady moor, make for a fascinating scene. In ‘Vision on the Moor’ below, I’ve tried to capture one such moment on Exmoor, Somerset, UK. (Picture courtesey Pixabay.) To listen to ‘Vision on the Moor’ on YouTube @KatesPoems111, please click this link. The poem…
-
‘Summer Grass’ continues to be my top most popular video, and here we are in summertime once again – at least here in the west. So here are those long, lush, green, gorgeous grasses again – click to watch and listen. And make sure you get some long grass roll-and-hide fun this summer! KateAuthor: Squeak!…
-
What is Summer for? – my latest poem on YouTube, first published in Poems about Seasons, Wayland, 2012. Click here for link. And here are the words: Summer is for sunhats,for sandals or bare feet.Summer is for sunshadesto shelter from the heat. Summer is for picnics,and playing in the park.Summer is for staying outall day…
Kate Williams 