Get your kids jazzed about writing poetry and reading poetry during Poetry Month. One good way is to write about something edible — like popcorn – and work on one or more poetic elements with ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

With the pleasure of writing being eradicated from schools due to the demands of curriculum, 30-year primary school educator, ...

Teachers can have students create comics based on poems to better understand their themes and spark meaningful conversation.

Playing with poems - writing poetry for children Updated / Friday, 8 Nov 2024 07:00 We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, edited by Ruth McKee, the essential ...

Tom Angleberger reflects on his new book, 'Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel,' kicking off a series about a T. rex who fancies himself as something of a T.S. Eliot.

Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will soon be displayed on ...

"When you write poems with kids, you see how immediately they get this," Matthew Burgess says. "If you read a poem aloud to kids, they start to dance in their seats." ...

She has written 15 poems, including the one about the beauty in her mother’s eyes, one about an old couple in matching clothes and two toddlers who excitedly showed off their toys.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Forrest Esenwine, who lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Matt is an award-winning children’s author and poet who began writing poems when he ...