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Children all know some poetry as they learn nursery rhymes as infants. They love rhyme and rhythm so reading poems is always popular. It is a good idea to include boy orientated poems such as limericks and acrostic name poems.
Writing poetry is fun and can be approached by using sounds and pictures. Links to most of the papers below will be active only if you are logged in as a subscriber to Parents in Touch (i.e. not if you are a guest or registered user).
Rhymes for mother and baby
Rhymes to teach listening
My favourite people poems
Action rhymes for 4 year olds
Baby rhymes
Counting rhymes for three year olds
Creature rhymes for three year olds
Nursery rhyme poster
Our very own Nursery rhymes
Rhyme ideas for KS1
Monster poems
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. It has three sentences each containing 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.
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