But you may not be aware that he was truly a master of quirky poems. Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett ...

These short Easter poems reflect a Christian perspective on the holiday, making them great options for children's church and ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Janet Wong, who lives in Gig Harbor, Washington. Janet is a graduate of Yale ...

All these years later, they’re just as appealing and funny and true.” Silverstein seemed to understand children’s anxieties and fantasies in a way that most other children’s fiction ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

Choose one from the list below or use them to inspire your own sentiments. Either way, these clever Halloween captions are ...

“Our children just walk into a room and give us a poem.” Standing in the living room that morning watching my little boy play at being an artist moved me to write the following poem. Need a brea ...

1990), who was known as “the King of the Children” and “The Father of Children’s Hebrew Literature.” Kipnis’s work, which included poetry ... during his short stay there.

a happy poem might have short, bouncy lines. In this extract from the poem Aliens Stole My Underpants, Brian Moses uses a catchy rhyme and beat to suggest a funny tale being told: To understand ...

Discuss what poetry is and find out children's previous knowledge and experience ... Reflect on how it felt to perform a poem. This short film will be relevant for teaching English at primary ...

In 1951, she married Norman Hoberman, an architect, who illustrated her first book, “All My Shoes Come in Twos” (1957), based on poems she had written for her children. Her husband died in ...

October, 2024. Don’t judge! I know it’s Octobermumble mumble (not October 1st)! Doesn’t life sometimes get away from you?