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Hi, here’s an upbeat but sensitive poem about being part of a complex family. Every family is different. Some are simple, and some come in duplicate, with 2 times everything… or more! Here’s a happy child with two mums and dads: Lucky Me! …
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Hello, Any school trips coming up for your kids? Can you remember yours from your own childhood? Wherever and whatever the trip, it’s keeping everyone together that’s key, isn’t it… So where’s Liam??? Liam is Lost (click for link) Published in the Macmillan anthology, School Trips, 1998. U-oh! …
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Schools, parents, carers, and anyone looking for ways to enhance their World Book Day celebrations (7th March ’24) – my many 1-minute video-poems can help! Pick a topic – castles, dragons, dragonflies, sea monsters, moods and feelings, family, school… all FOR FREE on my YouTube channel, Kate Williams Poet. Recent uploads: …
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Hi, here’s my Featured Resource No. 10 – Spring Animals Writing Sheet Stack, KS1 + EY – huge value for £3.80 download price, with no fewer than 11 writing/colouring sheets! (Click for link.) This attractively illustrated series of spring writing sheets features young bunnies, frogs, robins, squirrels, butterflies,…
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It’s FIRE-UP-FRIDAY – my weekly post offering tips and ideas for firing up your young poets! This week’s idea: Riddle Rhymes! With the exciting aim of puzzling your audience, children forget that they’re writing poetry. Ok, it may be the simplest of rhymes, or simply a description written in short lines…
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Hi, here’s my Featured Resource No. 9 – a beautiful one – from my TES Resources store: Butterfly Picture-Writing – with Guide sheet, £2.00 to download. The picture on the sheet (not the one above) has eleven slots for words and phrases, and the guide sheet offers…
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Hi, here is my 8th featured resource from my TES store, with more coming daily! Reading Game, Year 1 – Sort out the Tea Table, £2.00 to download. Click for link. This one is not for poetry but for reading and general literacy. It’s a funny game involving a…
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Hi, here’s my 7th featured resource from my store at TES: RAIN – RHYMES + WRITING SHEET + GUIDE SHEET, for ages 5-7: £2 to download the 3 sheets. This is a richly packed trio of sheets, offering two action rhymes – actions included, an umbrella to write…
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Today’s featured resource from my TES store is: 2 Nature Poems – Trees + Rivers (by me): £2.00 to download. Click for link. The poems are titled: ‘Can You Hear the Treetops’ and ‘Our River’, both of which can be found on my YouTube Channel too, with illustrations. …
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Hi, here’s my 5th featured poetry resource from my TES store: Rhyming Animal Actions for Rainforest Verses: £2.00 for download. Click for link. 24 rhyming pairs, such as sneaking / peeking, flying / spying, and dashing / splashing, with examples below of whole rhyming lines incorporating pairs from the list; also handy tips for guiding…
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