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.
A goody-bag of bright, fun, upbeat activities, do-able via screen - creative and educational, while producing laughter and positive thinking, too. An antidote to challenging or worrying times.
Content: creative writing frames, rhymes to enact and build, 2 alliteration games, similes to think up, illustrations to colour.
Topics: treasure map, exploring, colours, dragons, food, sunshine and planets.
See versions for KS1 and EYFS too - same cover pic.
A goody-bag of bright, cheerful, fun activities: rhymes, writing and colouring. Topics - dragons, colours, stars, aliens, snakes and butterflies. Lively and calming activities to mix and match to needs.
Upbeat learning approaches for these challenging and unsettling Covid times.
See Fun & Cheer for other age groups too.
A goody-bag of bright, fun, cheerful activities for young children. Colouring sheets, action rhymes, + attractive words to read, write and add to. Educational, creative, upbeat activities, some lively, others calming.
Themes: Dragons, Butterflies, Rockets, Aliens, Colours, Sunshine, Hot Air Balloon.
In these emotionally challenging pandemic times, this rich array of writing spurs offers channels through which feelings can be released and shared. The five items comprise Pandemic Haiku Writing - with details, frames and examples, an upbeat poem about Coronavirus by the author to bring cheer and comfort, a Lockdown Acrostic Poem, with lists of words and phrases to prompt for as needed, and a Lockdown Writing Guide - example lines and verses expressing different viewpoints, with tips for teachers. A PSHE-focused poem frame is also included - ‘Emotions’ - with example poem to read out.
Releasing pandemic stresses.
The pandemic restrictions affect us all, and perhaps young people most of all. Writing down feelings and thoughts about lockdown life will help your class process and cope with them. This one-page guide offers ideas and example lines for you to present as prompts and starting points for individual responses. Tips for presentation are also provided.
The sheet demonstrates how ideas can be built into free-style verses or paragraphs, with one basic theme per verse/para. Both negative and positive viewpoints are offered, rounding off with a positive, upbeat approach to the pandemic lifestyle adjustments we’re all having to make.
What We Found at the Seaside - published by The School Magazine, Australia, celebrates natural seaside wonders, in a flowing pattern.
15 short lines, starting:
Waves purring
wind stirring
gulls chuckling
crabs scuttling
spray splashing
fish dashing
Supports: poetry appreciation, poetry crafting, creative writing, ocean studies, nature, environment, green living, vocabulary, speaking and listening, and PSHE - calming and soothing.
These 10 rhythmic, rhyme-rich, accessible poems address nature, animals, and outdoor atmospheres, offering inspiration for creative writing and attractive introductions to poetry. Suitable for KS2, and some also for KS1.
Topics include clouds, trees, rivers, weather, seaside, day and night, community spirit, animals and birds.
Ten sheets, some containing two poems. Each sheet contains an illustration; some have coloured backgrounds too, as appropriate.
I’ve used a number of these poems in my poetry workshops to spur ideas.
Firework writing frames, excitingly illustrated, for all ages - Reception to top Juniors - able writers using sheets as launch pads to independent poetry or descriptive writing.
Five writing sheets altogether:
2 graded ones for EY/KS1, 2 graded ones for Y2 upwards, and one for all ages - word gaps within an image of fireworks, inspiring expressive words and onward creative development.
This bundle supports: poetry, literacy, seasonal studies, celebrations, night and day, outdoors, colour, creativity, PSHE, and more.
2 FIREWORKS frames - simpler and more complex versions.
These popular sheets call for action words - whizzing, booming, sparkling, crackling? - and more, for fireworks.
Both sheets also invite describing words for the night sky - dark, misty, moonlit, mysterious, pitch black, spooky, foggy, windy, chilly, cave-dark??
The harder version also requires 3 similes, but the structure is clear, with a repeated pattern running through, and structured phrases with gaps to fill.
Supports: seasons, celebrations, literacy, poetry, creativity, vocabulary, colour, night skies and firework features.
FIREWORKS picture poem writing sheets - easier/harder,
for Reception, Yr 1, lower Yr2, plus YouTube demo, full of ideas!
Large, clear firework pattern to colour in, with line(s) inviting describing word and more. See also my higher level firework sheets.
Supports creative writing, inspires enthusiasm and confidence in writing, develops artistic skills and colour sense, enhances understanding of fireworks, provides relaxing, calming activity.
My poem, ‘My Town at Night’ is exciting and atmospheric, stretching imaginations and language, and offering a spur for creative writing. I’ve used it very successfully with Year 3 classes upwards, together with pictures and discussion of the colours, shapes and mysteries of lit-up streets.
Now on YouTube with sound & pictures! https://youtu.be/BNzvD31flwo
The poem has been published twice over by https://theschoolmagazine.com.au/The School Magazine, Australia - .
‘What Makes a Camp Fire Glow?’ and ‘Banjo in the Sunset Glow’ -
Two atmospheric, upbeat poems to inspire creative writing, stretch language and encourage friendship and community spirit.
Easy to read and listen to, yet rich in language and concepts.
The poems support poetry, literacy, outdoor learning, nature, and PSHE.
Published in The School Magazine, Australia.
This rainbow poem of mine has been published by The School Magazine, Australia.
It describes the varied, characterful colours of the rainbow, with a brief, rhyming word or phrase for each, summing up its character. Calming end, celebrating the beautiful merging and curving of the colours over the land.
Picture and coloured border.
Two poems of mine, published in The School Magazine, Australia:
What is a Cloud? and Puddle Pictures.
(Both on one sheet.)
What is a Cloud? is a metaphor poem, presenting different cloud moods with simple images.
Puddle Pictures shows, in a fun, simple way, how a puddle reflects then dries.
Both poems promote nature appreciation and a love of poetry.
Also recommended for PSHE, being gentle, calming and upbeat.
**Two of my published poems: **
‘The Wind’ - fun, snappy, rhyming poem about being out in the wind. 9 lines.
‘Wind-Winding Wand’ - celebrating the wind turbine or windmill. Rhymes are woven through this poem. Rhythmic beat with gentle ukulele chords. 7 lines.
Two of my poems feature on this one-page resource:
‘Can you hear the treetops?’ and ‘Our River’,
both published in The School Magazine, Australia.
The first questions the voices of the treetops and what they might be saying to each other; the second is a metaphor poem, depicting a river in its different moods. Both are easy to understand, yet mind-stretching.
The poems support nature study, poetry appreciation, creative writing and language development. Both are calm and cheerful, yet intriguing.
My published poem 'Stormy Sea’is a dramatic, simile-rich poem in 20 lines.
It’s easy to read and listen to, with rhymes and rhythm, conjuring up exciting images.
SEE ALSO - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stormy-sea-poetry-frame-guide-12043779.
My poem ‘Dragon in the Sky’ is a simple yet exciting and atmospheric poem, published in The School Magazine, Australia, who have also made a highly popular YouTube video of the poem.
19 lines. Upbeat ending. Offers inspiration and poetry-writing ideas for young writers. Supports dragon topic too.
Recipe for a Night Sky is a published poem by this author, offered here as a source of inspiration and example of a recipe poem. Supports Halloween celebrations as well as poetry appreciation, reading and writing.
Published in ‘The School Magazine’, Australia. Copyright Kate Williams, author of this catalogue.
