Roses are red, Violets are blue... I can write poetry, so can YOU!

April is National Poetry Month!!!

Eduscapes Poetry for Kids- http://eduscapes.com/42explore/poetry.htm

Favorite Poems - Several videos with readings by people of all ages. http://www.favoritepoem.org/videos.html

Jump Rope Rhymes http://www.gameskidsplay.net/jump_rope_ryhmes

Magnetic Poetry - http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble2.htm

Poetry Corner - - get definitions of haiku, cinquains, story and one sentence poems, and other forms of poetry on this ThinkQuest site. Check out bios of famous poets too!http://library.thinkquest.org/11883

Poetry Foundation - Poetry tool to find poems. The children’s link provides some funny poems. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poetrytool.html

Poetry Outloud - Look at “Browse Poems” on the side bar. Jackson Hille’s video is a good example. http://poetryoutloud.org/poems/videos.html

Poet's Page - seasonal poems, some with music, a great activities section http://sunniebunniezz.com/poetry/poetpage.htm

The Real Mother Goose Book - The Real Mother Goose is one of the larger collections of rhymes for children. It has wonderful pen and watercolor illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. This book was originaly published in 1916. Here is a complete transcription both in HTML and plain text formats. http://trmg.designwest.com/index.html

Rhyming Dictionary - http://www.rhymezone.com

Songs and Poems - song lyrics and poems about topics like the seasons, holidays, animals, and much more. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

Tongue Twisters - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

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First Created on March 18, 2000
Last Updated on April 21, 2008