Storytime Workshop: Thursday, April 25, 2013
POETRY
Materials Presented:
-Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face: and other poems, by Jack Prelutsky and includes a CD
--“Spaghetti! Spaghetti!,” page 53
-Cobwebs, Chatters, and Chills: A collection of scary poems, selected and annotated by Patricia M. Stockland,
includes poetry activities and information
--“The Bat,” page 20
-A Foot in the Mouth: poems to speak and shout, selected by Paul B Janeczko
--“The Pickety Poem,” page 24
--“Ping Pong Poem,” page 29
-Good for You: toddler rhymes for toddler times, by Stephanie Calmenson
--“At the Playground,” page 16
-Laugh-eteria, by Douglas Florian
-The New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky
-Orangutan Tongs: poems to tangle your tongue, by Jon Agee
-Pocket Poems, selected by Bobbi Katz
-Poems GO Clang!: a collection of noisy verse, illustrated by Debi Gliori
--“Our Washing Machine,” page 17
-Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme, poems selected by Jack Prelutsky and includes “poemstarts” to help you
write your own poems
-Shape Me a Rhyme: nature’s forms in poetry, by Jane Yolen
Other Materials:
-Anything by Shel Silverstein
-Anything by Jack Prelutsky
-Nursery Rhymes (common and redone – make up your own, too!)
-Farmer’s Dog Goes to the Forest, by David Harrison
-Go!: poetry in Motion, by Valeri Gorbachev
-Hist Whist: poetry for children, by e.e cummings
-The Green Mother Goose, by Jan Peck and David Davis
-Grumbles from the Forest, by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Helpful Websites:
-www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org
-www.poetry4kids.org
-www.youtube.com (specifically Kenn Nesbitt and other popular children’s poets)
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