If you’re teaching poetry to children in grades 3-6, you need good exemplar poems. . .and lots of them! But there’s no need to spend hours and hours scouring the internet because Poems for Kids (Second Edition) is a HUGE (305 page) collection of over 600 child-friendly poems, organized by poetry terms & poetic devices. This children’s poetry teaching resource makes it easy to quickly SHOW elementary students poems containing: alliteration allusion assonance consonance eye rhyme hyperbole imagery internal rhyme metaphor meter mood & tone near rhyme onomatopoeia parody personification point of view rhyme schemes rhythm similes stanzas & lines syntax and a whole lot more Should elementary children read classic “adult” poems? Absolutely! Students in the middle and upper elementary grades can and should be exposed to some of the classic “adult” poems written by Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and others. Many classic poems, written by a variety of poet voices, are featured in Poems for Kids. Students will continue to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of some poems over time. What if I’ve never taught children poetry before? No problem! This is a very non-stuffy and accessible collection of poetry for children which teaches by example (Over 600 of them). Read and reread the poems. Experience the poems. Talk about the poems. Students can’t help but learn about various aspects of poetry simply by reading and discussing poems within each category. They might even be inspired to write their own poems! This children’s poetry collection of short and often funny poems was developed not only to be child-friendly, but very teacher-friendly too. The poems are organized and targeted for teaching, but the goal is to encourage an interest in (and perhaps even a love for) poetry. Learning about the unique form and language of poetry should be fun and completely painless. Is this collection of children’s poetry helpful for homeschooling families? Yes! Homeschooling families will find this book of children’s poems very easy to teach about poetry and literary devices for children ages 7-12. Does this poetry collection support the Common Core? Yes! There are quite a few Common Core State Standards (CCSS) related to poetry in grades 3-6 and the appropriate Standards are conveniently listed within the anthology. Does this collection of children’s poetry help oral reading fluency practice? Yes, rereading short text, such as poems, is the very best way to build oral reading fluency in children. Poems for kids (Second Edition) contains many short poems which are perfect for rereading multiple times. Does this collection of children’s poems have poems to memorize? Yes! It’s not always easy to find poems for children to memorize, but whether you are looking for very short poems of only two lines or longer poems with several stanzas, there are dozens of age-appropriate and engaging children’s poems to choose from. Can I quickly find children’s poems in Poems for Kids ? Whether you’re on a general hunt or searching for a very specific poem, with such a HUGE collection of over 600 children’s poems, you’ll want to be able to find just the right poem . . . FAST! So, in addition to an alphabetized Table of Contents, organized by poetry device, this children’s poetry anthology also includes: an Index of Titles an Index of First Lines an Index of Poets Be sure to check out a few sample pages from inside Poems for Kids (Second Edition) below.