Year 1,2,3,4,5,6 Poetry through Outdoor learning. Lesson ideas to inspire.

Super. I hope that my Y5 class write amazing poetry after this. Thank you.

Comes highly recommended by the National Association for Environmental Education. An excellent resource.

POETRY IN MOTION REVIEW First hand experiences, I believe are essential to children’s development and education – this resource, Poetry in Motion, embraces that belief to inspire children to write successful poetry. This resource encourages children use their outdoor environment to create poetry, by looking for specific detail, the use of descriptive language to convey their ideas and emotions. Being outside not only stimulates all of the senses so children can really look at their surroundings, but allows them to draw on real experiences. In this well-thought-out resource and teaching guide, Roger Butt and Juliette Green have produced a product where stimulating environments meets literacy creative writing skills. The CD is packed full of exciting and stimulating ways to teach poetry. Teachers will be inspired by this resource, as the contents are varied and can be adapted to suit their school. There are numerous poetic styles to fit into just about any teacher's curriculum at any level. The ideas and exercises that the authors suggest to get you going are simple, but extremely effective. The suggested activities work as a springboard to which you can use your creativity to jump from and expand. There are lots of excited and effective ideas on how, as a teacher, you can deliver poetry lessons using the outdoor environment. I particularly liked the ‘walking – stick memories’ and the ‘artist palette’ – very motivating for the children. The contents map is very easily navigated and information can be found without difficulty. For every area or activity suggested there are real examples of children work, which demonstrates the success the children have experienced. These also can be used within the teaching sequences as examples – this would be very useful. Poetry in Motion allows you to explore eight different learning environments that would provide the opportunity for the children to experience first hand. Within each section a variety of teaching activities are explored which offer an insight into writing poetry, how to teach poetry, and exploring poetry devices (such as imagery, metaphor…). Poetry in Motion is a stew of delicious ideas meant to inspire teachers to use the real world, to stimulate children into creating quality poetry. This resource definitely inspired me and provoked enthusiasm about teaching, creating and writing of poetry. I highly recommend this resource for any teacher wanting to inject inspiration into the way in which poetry is taught. Reviewed by Katie Wood (Primary School Teacher)