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Literacy: Poems and Fingerplays

Acrostic Poems - http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ Online and interactive

Barking Spiders - http://www.barkingspiderspoetry.com/  CJ Heck has a poetry book entitled Barking Spiders. This web site has tons of pages with fun poetry, stories for kids, links to tongue twisters and more. Excellent poetry!

CanTeach Songs and Poem - http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html organized by topics

Elmo Rhymes - http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/ An online rhyming game for younger students

Fern’s Poetry Club - http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/ Based on the Arthur books. A new poem is published every day, archived, and opportunity to submit poems

Fingerplays and Action Songs for Kids -http://www.nncc.org/Curriculum/fingerplay.html  

Fingerplays Index - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/fingerplayindex.htm A variety for the young ones.

Fizzy Fuzzy Funny - http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/ Poet Gareth Lancaster has created this awesome site with tons of poetry; top ten; categories

Fingerplays Index - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/fingerplayindex.htm A variety for the young ones.

Freshwater Poems - http://www.k12.hi.us/~shasincl/poems_freshwater.html Anything relating to the water!

Fun Fingerplays - http://www.yourcraftfinder.com/fingerplays-for-kids.cfm Great drop-down menus to help you find the category or title you're looking for.

Giggle Poetry - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Funny poetry for children
Grandpa Tucker's Poetry Archive - http://www.night.net/tucker/poetry-archive.html-ssi Silly poems, short stuff and special holiday poems
Hummingbird Educational - http://www.hummingbirded.com/ Select “Lesson Plans” and scan down to the bottom of the list. There are humorous poems for teachers to use there!
Instant Poetry Forms - http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm Select any template that you wish from the left hand side.
Music & Rhyme Station - http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station.shtml Quite a few choices here; Piggyback songs.
Nancy’s Teacher Resources - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1133/2teach.html A great listing of poems that can be searched out by categories
Poem Resources -http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/resources1.htm I built this site with my friend Terry Starko - it has hundreds of poems that are easily found by topics. Copy and paste into a word document, add a little clip art, and your shared reading duotang material is ready to go!

Carol's Favorite - 2005

Poetry for Kids - http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html Different forms and examples

Poetry for Kids - http://www.poetry4kids.com/ Funny poems and poetry books, games, contests, lessons, discussion forums, and journals, plus a rhyming dictionary, streaming audio, school visit information and more.

Poetry: http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/poetry/default.htm Lots of links

Rhyme Zone: http://www.rhymezone.com/ Access to poems, but even more interesting, is the rhyming tool. Type in a word and all of the poems from this database are searched and rhyming words, syllables are shown.

Shadow Poetry - http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/handbook/a.html Rusty on your poem vocabulary? This site has everything you’ve ever forgotten and more.

Teacher Planet: World Poetry Day - http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/worldpoetry.php Lessons and units on poetry

Teaching Heart: Poems and Songs that Teach - http://www.teachingheart.net/sing.html Categorized by topic

Zwolle Elementary School: Poems - http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/poetry/default.htm An incredible listing of poems available online

Carol's Favorite - 2005

List Serve Mailing - September 24, 2005

 

 


 

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