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Here’s reading No. 3 from my new book – Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hvTJpdHEYUM Browse my other Shorts on my YouTube channel for more poems from the book – plus some animal antics and more! And here are some more animals of that kind, caught mingling in the pandemic lockdown of 2020! Shocking! Squeak!…
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The animals in my new book say MERRY CHRISTMAS! ❄🐧❄
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A daft, silly, jokey animal quiz – a bit of extra fun for the Christmas break! Share these crazy questions and answers – then think up more of your own! If you’d like a free download link to the 2 PDF sheets, just let me know – here, or on X @Katypoet, or FB –…
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Hello! Are you supposed to be Christmas shopping today? Me too, but I’ve been delayed by a few problems with the animals – the animals in my Squeak! Squawk! Roar! book. Basically, they’re getting over-excited, with release date coming up so close now (Jan. 9th!).This is the sort of thing that’s happening – click for…
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Teachers, parents and minders – here’s a free, fun, festive writing activity to keep excited children focused in the run-up to Christmas! Just complete the landmark names on this map of Santa’s fantasy homeland, with any word you like, with ONE rule – it has to start with the same sound as the first word…
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Here’s my simple cinquain poem, describing a bauble through different types of word and expression – adjectives, action-words and metaphors. Perhaps your children (class or family) would like to write a 5-line poem about a shiny Christmas decoration too. Here’s a writing frame and, below it, some ideas to nudge for if any spurs needed.…
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I’VE JUST JOINED SOUNDCLOUD for poem readings! Listening can be more convenient than reading – you can get on with things at the same time! But first, here’s me opening something mysterious that turned up in the post the other day… Click here to listen to my growing content of poem recordings! If you’re a…
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Here’s me (that tiny patch of green blouse at back, half behind the board, where I’ve been blown by my class!) We’re BEING the wind – a key element of our writing warm-up. We twisted ourselves in all directions that day, bent over and stretched up, leaned outwards this way and that, quivered, rushed, pushed…
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Here is a free, festive, fun resource for the end of the Christmas term!You’re welcome to take screenshots for personal or school use (though not for any sort of commercial purpose). Santa’s Café is an alliteration game (linking words with same initial sounds, like Teachers on Toast – sorry, teachers!). Below, you’ll see two pages…
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