Poetry and Poems for Kids

Poetry and poem activities for teaching kids, assessments, ideas, lessons, centers, stations, and how to's for teachers in primary grades. Includes resources and free activities to teach poem of the week, writing poetry, diamante poetry, and poems about the seasons of fall, winter, spring, summer.
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5 Reasons to Teach Poetry to Children in the Classroom
5 reasons to teach poetry in the classroom. Instill a love for poems in children with the right activities to build reading, writing, language, and early literacy skills. Grab a FREE poem and activities for kids and ideas for your poetry lessons!
Engaging Poem of the Week Activities
Try these engaging poems for kids and differentiated poem of the week activities with your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. Primary students in the classroom will love the 6 activities that come with each poem. The poems cover popular holidays, seasons, events, math skills, and include ELA and literacy skill practice. Plus, there are digital options for reading the poems and completing the activities. Grab a free set of printable poems and activities to start!
Ultimate Guide to Teaching Poetry
Do you teach poetry in your classroom? This is the ultimate guide to teaching poetry to your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. Follow these tips and tricks to give your students all the interactive, engaging practice they need reading poetry while also building their fluency and reading confidence in the classroom!
How to Teach Poetry to Kids
Wondering how to teach poetry to primary students in the kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classroom? Use the simple and effective ideas to make your poem instruction and lessons fun! Kinder, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teachers, this post includes poetry writing lesson ideas, how to practice a poem of the week, ways to celebrate National Poetry Month in April, and how to inspire your young writers with poetry activities at school. Grab the free set of printable poems and activities!
Seasonal Poetry Activities for Kids
Use fun poetry activities to help students build their reading fluency and confidence using seasonal poems and amazing activity mats. Poetry mats help students with reading comprehension by illustrating, filling in the blank, answering questions, rewriting the poem, making connections, and so much more. These mats are ideal for kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade students and are perfect for small groups, morning work, or even whole group instruction.
Useful Ways to Teach Poetry
Try these 7 unique ideas to teach poetry in the classroom. These ideas are perfect for the primary education classroom (kindergarten, first grade, and second grade). Use the ideas in small groups, centers, and shared reading to build literacy skills. Students will enjoy reading poems during read aloud time, literacy centers, poetry stations, share circles, and field trips. Incorporate poetry activities each week during your poem of the week routine. Grab the free poem and activities!
FREE Poem of the Week Sample Pack
Work on poetry in the classroom with these FREE poems and activities! Practice reading, fluency, and more through poems. These poems are great for independent work, whole group, or even as a homework activity.
FREE SEL Poem for Kids
Teach social emotional learning to your students in the classroom using poetry. This FREE SEL empathy poem is a fun way to practice reading and discussing poetry while also working on understanding the emotions of others around us.
Poem of the Week: Poetry Activities to Make Learning Fun
Try these engaging poems for kids and differentiated poem of the week activities with your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. Primary students in the classroom will love the 6 activities that come with each poem. The poems cover popular holidays, seasons, events, math skills, and include ELA and literacy skill practice. Plus, there are digital options for reading the poems and completing the activities. Grab a free set of printable poems and activities to start!
16 Books to Teach Poetry in the Classroom
A list of 16 poetry books for kids, along with teacher resource books and information about how to teach poetry in the classroom and build a love of poetry in children. Teachers use these poetry books to enhance your poetry unit during Poetry month teaching poetry for kids.