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Planning some poetry-writing with your class? They’ll all love it once they get going, but nervous and hesitant young writers may need a stepping stone to get started, like a fun gap-fill solution: They’ll love slotting in their own word ideas, especially with your heaped spoonful of encouragement! The sheer action of putting pen to…
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Excited to be on the judging panel of this online poetry writing and performing competition for children – ‘Pen to Performance’, an International Poetry Festival competition, presented by the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama. Teachers and parents – this is a great creative opportunity for your children! https://stsd.co.uk/news/ – please click for full…
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Illustration by Hannah Asen, from Squeak! Squawk! Roar! So pleased to see Squeak! Squawk! Roar! – my debut collection of animal poems, published January ’25 – re-recommended for schools a year on by such revered reviewers as BookTrust, School Reading List, Jon Biddle‘s Essential Poetry for Primary Schools, and Just Imagine! The book has also…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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: £8.99, by PayPal please quoting my email address below. Published by the brilliant Otter-Barry Books last year, and recommended…
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Hi teachers, mums, dads, anyone interested! ⚽? 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…
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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!…
