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Poems come in all shapes and sizes, and you’re free to add your own design to the pile. Children love this versatility – the fun of trying out new formats and the freedom of inventing their own. Here are a few style suggestions to introduce through the term, or year, generally recommended for top infants…
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS POETRY-WRITING – where to start? Who, in your class, has seen some Christmas lights and can tell you what they were like? Perhaps you have some right there, for the children to describe and respond to. Are they warm and welcoming, or mysterious and fascinating? Are they dazzling and flashing like precious…
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FIREWORK POETRY! Here are two poems to read, discuss, adapt, enact, paint, or take a line of to use as a poetry-writing blast-off point: SNAP CRACKLE! Chorus: voice the sounds in bold italics: Streaking through the twilightSnap! Crackle!Everybody cheering Pop!Colour-burst flowersSnap! Crackle!Lighting up the dark skyPop!Hot dogs steamingToffee apples gleamingGold stars streaming Pop!Bed time loomingLast blast boomingSnap!Crackle! STOP!…
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HALLOWEEN RHYME SESSIONS for Juniors online! ALSO FIREWORKS POETRY SESSIONS for KS1 + KS2. See my supporting video: https://youtu.be/My4QvlCEOIw Mind-firing, skills-stretching, confidence-building, fun! To book: please email katewilliams.poetry@gmail.com PLUS – Halloween and Fireworks writing and colouring sheets here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/katewilliams_poetry – popular with teachers! Twitter @Katypoet A peek at my…
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Wonder is a wonderful book, engaging for people of all ages – and not just poetry-lovers, but anyone with curiosity about our natural world. I’m delighted to be contributing in a tiny way with my ‘Butterfly’ haiku, along with a wide and exciting range of poets, present and previous. I’m loving dipping in…
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HARVEST POETRY-WRITING As your fruit ripens and your crops mature, gather words and rhythms to celebrate your harvest. Show your class the beauties of sweet, juicy fruits, and help them appreciate the annual miracle of food grown out of the ground. Inspire them to capture the wonder of your local yield in writing.…
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Excited to be contributing a haiku to a fabulous new collection, ‘Wonder’, by the National History Museum, to be published on September 2nd. Preview on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonder-Natural-History-Museum-Poetry/dp/1529058996 Also looking forward to reading the other poems in this fascinating and celebratory nature-fest. A great resource for schools and families, and a source of…
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BIRDS bring our skies alive, and our parks and gardens, too. They set forests buzzing and rooftops twitching, and even keep us entertained in busy cities. In the autumn you see beautiful swirls of migrating birds making patterns in the sky as the prepare for their vast flight to warmer lands. Those sights alone…
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WOODS can be dark and creepy or colourful and glistening. Their tracks can be squelchy with mud or velvet-smooth with fallen leaves. You might see tiny birds high in the treetops, a shy rabbit peeping round a tree trunk, a shiny beetle edging up a tree trunk, or you might see nothing but a veil…
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Autumn leaves offer wonderful poetry-writing inspiration for children of all ages. There’s so much to say about them, what with their colours, textures, shapes, movements, free flight, fragility, and symbol of seasonal change! What’s more, leaf-writing offers a great excuse to get outside and moving. Help the children spin and launch their leaves.…
Kate Williams 