Hey Y’all! It’s April from Grade School Giggles and I’m
excited to be writing today’s post. Since April is National Poetry Month, I
wanted to share some fun and easy ideas for writing poetry with kids.
One of the best things about poetry just how many ways it
can be done. Really, there is a style of poetry for everyone. Its flexibility
makes it accessible to kids who are still learning to write. Because poetry
doesn’t have to follow all of the grammar and punctuation rules it is a great
opportunity for kids to play with their writing. So, let’s have some fun and look
at three playful ideas for writing poems with kids.
Dice Poetry - Most of these poems involve
free style poetry. This one is a little more structured because it sets limits
on the number of lines and the number of words in each line, but it’s
definitely still fun. You might want to try it out along with one of the other
ideas and ask your kids which one they prefer.
Creating a dice poem is simple. Once you’ve
picked a topic, roll the dice to determine how many lines to write. Then, roll
the dice once for each line to decide the number of words to include in each
line.
You’ve probably seen teachers add sight words to
blocks for a word work center. My daughter has outgrown her larger blocks and
is now playing with the small ones. So since I had a whole box of them laying
around, I thought it would be a fun way to create some poetry. I printed out a
bunch of words onto label paper and added them to the blocks.
Being a very visual person, I kind of have a thing for shape
poetry. It just seems so playful. An easy way to create shape poetry is to
print out some black line clip art. You’ll want it to fill up the page. Put a
blank piece of paper on top and staple the two sheets together at the corners
avoiding the clip art. The picture on the bottom sheet will show through and
acts as a guide for where to write. Once the poem is done cut it out and glue
it onto a sheet of colored paper to make it pop.
Enjoy the rest of April and I hope you'll take some time to enjoy creating poetry with your little ones. For more exciting writing activities check out my Pinterest board.
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