Poetry & literacy resources by published children's poet.
I also lead poetry workshops for UK primary schools.
Website: katewilliamspoet.com
Book news - Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Animal poems - out 9th January '25. Publisher: Otter-Barry Books.
Poetry & literacy resources by published children's poet.
I also lead poetry workshops for UK primary schools.
Website: katewilliamspoet.com
Book news - Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Animal poems - out 9th January '25. Publisher: Otter-Barry Books.
3 Picture-Poem sheets for Early Years - Yr 1, representing a ladybird, a butterfly and a snail, respectively, with accompanying Guidance Notes for each. These resources promote Literacy, Creative Writing, Expressive Arts & Design and Understanding the World.
Young children will enjoy thinking up words to describe dragons and sounding them out to complete the lines on these illustrated sheets, then colouring in the pictures. Non-writers can colour in the dragon and castle turrets picture and offer words verbally. Dragons can be any colour, have any character, and have exciting physical features to describe. Contents: 1 colouring picture, 1 writing/colouring sheet starting My dragon is…, 3 graded versions of a writing/colouring sheet starting Watch out for the… dragon, and Dragon’s Menu with alliteration (T… on Toast etc.).
This Wild Woods bundle contains 4 poetry frames suitable for varied levels, particularly around Yr 3, and a supporting picture of a wood at night, alive with creatures - hand-drawn.
4 star-themed activities for young children:
Sparkly star - phonics + hand-writing,
My star is - creative writing (3 grades),
Hello Star! - action rhyme + development ideas,
Star colouring sheet.
This colourful collection of activities for Early Years & Yr1 (+Y2) comprises:
2 colour-focused rhymes (one about different-coloured dragons, one about red things), and butterfly, ladybird and fish writing/colouring sheets.
See my video poem, Rainbow Glow -
https://youtu.be/qAq3CfoRaaE
Butterfly, Ladybird, Robin, Squirrel, Hedgehog, Frog + Rabbit colouring sheets for young children. Clear, attractive, black-and-white drawings, with natural settings and details, nurturing a love of nature and wild animals while also developing colour sense, pattern appreciation and fine motor control.
Do have a listen (free) to this gorgeous cat music, by a favourite composer of mine! The children will love it too!
End-of-year inspirational fun for your class. Contents: a dragon’s menu to complete (with alliteration), a sheet of dragon rhymes to chant, clap, enact, sing and add to, and 6 bright, lively dragon pictures to stimulate ideas for art, writing, drama and more.
3 creative writing resources to support ocean + pirate topics, featuring alliteration, similes and rhyming couplets. 4 sheets - Treasure Map (alliteration game), Stormy Sea poem frame (similes + description on wavy lines), Rhyme Bank (full page), Example Verses sheet. Learning through fun activities for junior writers of all abilities. Tips - warm up for each with discussion, pictures and perhaps acting out; start with whole-class version; some may need 1-1 support for verse-writing; invite everyone to read out.
Summer sea writing sheets with wavy lines: four graded variations + one simile poem for older/abler writers. All illustrated, with fish, boat, beach etc. to colour in. Line-starters on each sheet, with simple similes on Y1-2 upwards. Popular with children and teachers in my poetry workshops.
Snakes - easier + harder - to write inside of, plus ladybird, butterfly and snail picture-poems with lines in or around picture for writing descriptions on. Fun and motivating, bringing words and world alive. EYFS - Y3
These castle-themed activities bring the past alive for children, while motivating creative writing, artwork and history study. The 3 punchy rhymes invite actions, word-exchanges, clapping and performance. The 5 writing sheets (or poetry frames) are generously illustrated with lively, inspiring details. Guidance provided for rhymes + worksheets. All rhymes and artwork original.
Healthy Living + Literacy combine in these 6 activities. Healthy eating, fitness, physical education and movement are supported through poetry, with rhymes + poems to build, enact and write. Word bank for Healthy Eating poems included. Adaptable across primary stages, teacher-led for younger. Fun, accessible, easy to use.
7 activities (1 free) combining seaside and literacy, featuring shells, sea and under the sea. The attractive, illustrated sheets offer phonics and reading practice, creative writing opportunities and environmental learning. Shells and fish sheets have accompanying suggestions for teachers.
Dragons are fun, exciting and versatile - open to any interpretation while offering thrilling and fascinating features. This bundle of activities and imagination-firing colour-sketches will inspire your children’s creativity, while supporting phonics, language and literacy development - not to mention colour clarifying and rhyme, rhythm and performance development.
Recommended for Reception + KS1, while the rhymes and pictures will appeal to older children too.
Bring castles to life for your Infants with this varied mix of fun rhymes, thought-provoking picture-poems, simple reading challenge (on a castle scene) and an atmospheric castle picture (also available separately). The 3 rhymes come with guidance and embellishment tips. The picture-poems comprise a castle picture with lines for describing words, and 3 graded versions of 'In the castle lives a … ghost, king, and other characters.
Doing Dragons at all? This demo video might be handy? https://youtu.be/1NLutDY2zVQ
These space-themed poetry and art activities span Early Years, KS1 + KS2.
Contents: Action rhyme, guided, Colouring sheet, KS1 star picture-poem frame in 3 grades, KS2 planet picture-poem, guided.
Learning colours is easy with fun, snappy, rhymes, referencing familiar topics. Red, blue, green, pink, yellow, orange, purple, silver, gold, black and white are all highlighted in these rhymes, with grey featuring too. An extra rhyme - Colourful Dragons - brings a whole bunch of them together. They can be read aloud, chanted and clapped together, enacted, discussed and added to.
Ideal for Early Years - Year 2, but also fun and thought-provoking for KS2 pupils.
Watch/listen to
‘What Colour am I?’
https://youtu.be/JGKvOUDyXmk
+
‘Rainbow Glow’ -
https://youtu.be/qAq3CfoRaaE
This mini-beast feast comprises 10 sheets, including 3 guidance sheets. These contain 3 rhymes to clap, enact, word-swap, perform, sing, inspire writing - Butterfly, Ladybird, Spider respectively - guidance provided below each rhyme; also 4 picture poems to write & colour: Butterfly, Ladybird, Spider x 2 (guidance notes separate). These provide rounded learning experience on mini-beasts, also supporting Literacy and more.