4 Ways to Incorporate Poetry ~ Resources
4 ways to easily incorporate poetry into a homeschool day. Resource list.
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The Children’s Own Longfellow ~ Free eBook
The Children's Own Longfellow is free book of illustrated poetry.
“The Cloud” by Shelley
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams... Poetry study.
Activity: Rhyming Couplets
Rhyming couplets are two consecutive lines of poetry that have the same sound at the end.
The Night Before Christmas and Other Christmas Stories ~ Free eBook
The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories for Children is a free eBook with 16 cute short stories and poems for children.
"The Snow-Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poems (1921) | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
"Birches" by Robert Frost
Mountain Interval (1916) | Robert Frost (1874–1963)
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass (1871) | Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
"The Pedigree of Honey" by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883 | Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
"The Eagle" by Tennyson
The Brook—Break, Break, Break—Sweet and Low—And The Eagle (1891) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
Poems Every Child Should Know ~ Free eBook
Poems Every Child Should Know is a free book of poetry that children will be excited to encounter of their own free will.
"Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World" by William Brighty Rands
Lilliput Lyrics (1899) | William Brighty Rands (1823–1882)
"The Skylark" by John Clare
The Rural Muse, Poems (1835) | John Clare (1793–1864)
"The Sandpiper" by Celia Thaxter
The Poems of Celia Thaxter (1914) | Celia Thaxter (1836–1894)
"L'oiseau bleu" by Coleridge
Poems by Mary E. Coleridge (1908) | Mary E. Coleridge (1861–1907)
"Boats Sail on the Rivers" by Christina G. Rossetti
Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme Book by Christina Rossetti (1915) | Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894)
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg
Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg (1916) | Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
"The Lamb" by William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake (1901) | William Blake (1757–1827)
"Trees" by Joyce Kilmer
Trees and Other Poems (1913) | Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
Poems of Emily Dickinson Second Series by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
"The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear
Nonsense Song by Edward Lear (1871) | Edward Lear (1812–1888)
"To a Skylark" by Percy Shelley
Introduction to Notable Poems by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1909) | Percy Shelley (1792–1822)
"April Rain" by Robert Loveman
Published as "Rain Song" in Verses (1909) | Robert Loveman (1864–1923)