Zoom Poetry Club!
Poetry for Children ~ at home
Poems we will read this week
Wind on the hill by AA Milne from Now We Are Six by AA Milne, published by Methuen
Limpet by Chrissie Gittins from Michael Rosen’s A to Z – the best of children’s poetry from Agard to Zephaniah, published by Puffin
The black pebble by James Reeves, from Swings and Shadows, A Childhood in Poetry, edited by Anne Harvey, published by Random House
Windy Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, from I Like this Poem: A Classic Anthology to Treasure, edited by Kaye Webb, published by Puffin
Down by the pond by AA Milne, from Now We Are Six by AA Milne, published by Methuen
Pleasant sounds by John Clare, from I Like this Poem: A Classic Anthology to Treasure, edited by Kaye Webb, published by Puffin
The Charcoal Burner by AA Milne, from Now We Are Six by AA Milne, published by Methuen
Spell of Creation by Kathleen Raine, from Swings and Shadows, A Childhood in Poetry, edited by Anne Harvey, published by Random House
The way through the woods by Rudyard Kipling, from I Like this Poem: A Classic Anthology to Treasure, edited by Kaye Webb, published by Puffin
Journey’s End by AA Milne, from Now We Are Six by AA Milne, published by Methuen
Earth Mother by Justin Coe, from The Magic of Mums by Justin Coe, published by Otter-Barry Books
Children’s Song by RS Thomas, from Swings and Shadows, A Childhood in Poetry, edited by Anne Harvey, published by Random House
Come out with me by A A Milne, from Now We Are Six by AA Milne, published by Methuen
Who has seen the wind by Christina Rossetti, from Swings and Shadows, A Childhood in Poetry, edited by Anne Harvey, published by Random House
Nat and Anna by Michael Rosen from Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy by Michael Rosen, published by Bloomsbury (read by Abbie)
The Shark by James Reeves from I Like this Poem: A Classic Anthology to Treasure, edited by Kaye Webb, published by Puffin
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May by EE Cummings from The Dragon Book of Verse, edited by MIchael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark
WORDSEARCH
based on the poem The Children’s Song by RS Thomas Have a go at the Wordsearch!

Justin Coe’s poem, Earth Mother, made us think about about how amazing our Planet Earth is. Let’s learn a little more about it!
You can get the crossword (and the answers!) here
Chrissie Gittins gives us a poem from the Limpet’s point of view in her book, Stars in Jars.

Have you seen limpets on rocks on the beach? Why not have a go at writing a poem from the point of view of a shell, or a rock, or the beach?
The Charcoal Burner
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsVfo5JykLKtalESLCO9Bv47AmkWe read a poem about a Charcoal Burner by AA Milne.
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