Mermaids As you walk down by the seashore, keep looking for interesting objects that have been discarded. Imagine that these have been ...

Virtual Sessions: BRIAN MOSES ‘One of the nation’s favourite children’s poets” -  Poetry Archive. “Moses is a brilliant poet and his wel...

Virtual Sessions: BRIAN MOSES ‘One of the nation’s favourite children’s poets” -  Poetry Archive. “Moses is a brilliant poet and his wel...

TRY RHYMING MID LINE ANIMAL FUN. Stoats wear coats even when the sun shines.  Armadillos choose pillows for sleepy snores. Crocodiles wear ...

TRY RHYMING MID LINE ANIMAL FUN. Stoats wear coats even when the sun shines.  Armadillos choose pillows for sleepy snores. Crocodiles wear ...

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Scenery Shifter What did you bring back from your holiday, people say, and usually it’s a trinket, a mug or a stick of rock, but what if y...

Imagination Stretching Exercise no.14. I'd Rather Be Doing Anything Today Than Be in Another Lockdown.... I’d rather ...

THOSE 1066 BATTLE OF HASTINGS RE-ENACTMENT BLUES There is usually a Battle of Hastings re-enactment every year on the closest we...

POEMS ABOUT BOOKS AND READING, Part 2. To celebrate the start of the  National Year of Reading 2026 , I asked some of my children's poetry...

To celebrate the start of the National Year of Reading , I asked some of my children's poetry friends to join me in a mini anthology of po...

GRUMBLING Our family are experts at grumbling. We grumble about the dog leaving muddy paw prints across the floor. We grumble about t...

GRUMBLING Our family are experts at grumbling. We grumble about the dog leaving muddy paw prints across the floor. We grumble about t...

UNDER THE SEA Two ideas for writing about under the sea: 1. A Countdown poem A ship once sank to the bottom of the sea. If...

Walking in Autumn with Grandad 'There's a change in the air,' Grandad says, 'A chill in the breeze, now Autumn's come. You can hear it ...

Walking in Autumn with Grandad 'There's a change in the air,' Grandad says, 'A chill in the breeze, now Autumn's come. You can hear it ...

PEASY You want me to do that really big sum,                  that’s peasy!  Wind my legs over that bar, slide down into a forward roll wi...

FAVOURITE POEMS FOR CHILDREN Here are mine. Hopefully they will be of use particularly on National Poetry Days but also whenever poetry un...

FAVOURITE POEMS FOR CHILDREN Here are mine. Hopefully they will be of use particularly on National Poetry Days but also whenever poetry un...

More Rhyming Couplets In our lost property box there are..... Socks with holes in and shoes minus laces, stand-up figures without an...

More Rhyming Couplets In our lost property box there are..... Socks with holes in and shoes minus laces, stand-up figures without an...

Instead Instead of an X-box please show me a pathway that stretches to the stars. Instead of a mobile phone please teach...

Instead Instead of an X-box please show me a pathway that stretches to the stars. Instead of a mobile phone please teach...

GEYSER - A New Performance Poem GEYSER We were waiting for the geyser to spout, waiting for the water to fountain out, high as a mountain,...

LOUDER THAN….. Took this idea from a poem by the great American children's poet, Jack Prelutsky. His 'Louder Than' poem begins…. L...

THE STRANGEST QUESTIONS THAT AUTHORS GET ASKED ON SCHOOL VISITS ‘What does your husband wear in bed?’ Question from 8 year old boy, fol...

Virtual Sessions: BRIAN MOSES ‘One of the nation’s favourite children’s poets” -  Poetry Archive. “Moses is a brilliant poet and his wel...

Playing With Stars                              Young children know what it’s like to play with stars. First of all it’s ...

FIRST AND LAST I’m the last at school in the morning and the first out the door at night. I’m the first one in the lunch queue and the las...

A POETRY SURVEY 1. How do you feel about poetry? (Circle the answer) Like it          Love it           Dislike it   Give a rea...