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Resources for children and their caregivers.

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  • Learning Prompt
    April 1, 2020

    Today we’ll celebrate the onset of spring by bringing it inside. You will need an adult, a printer, a pair of scissors, glue, and paper. First, try to look out the...

    Illustration of colorful figures using pencils and pens to make lines on notebook paper. The figures float on books on a yellow background.
  • Article for Teachers
    By Matthew Burgess

    Teaching poems about real and imaginary childhood spaces.

    A hut in a forest
  • Article for Teachers
    By Carol Jago

    Science fiction poems in the classroom.

    Illustration of a student dressed as an astronaut.
  • Article for Teachers
    By Jack Collom

    A way to start teaching poetry to children and young adults.

    Image of buildings on a waterfront becoming a sound wave
  • Article for Teachers
    By Alex Dimitrov

    Inviting everyday life into your students' poems.

    Image of a paper cut-out  of five girls holding hands in a chain.
  • Article for Teachers
    By Rebecca Lindenberg

    Four studies for teaching young people.

    Close-up image of a cherry blossom, ruby and white.
  • Essay on Children's Poetry
    By Eileen Myles

    Giving children the gift of language in all its forms.

    Image of wooden Scrabble tiles spelling the word "POETRY"
  • Essay on Children's Poetry
    By Matthea Harvey

    Don’t underestimate what your students can understand how they will face the mysteries of poetry.

    Image of colorful children's drawing, featuring several houses and a park.
  • Essay on Children's Poetry
    By Jacqueline Woodson

    Poetry takes many forms—including the form YOU give it.

    Writer Jacqueline Woodson sitting on a bench outdoors, cropped from the chest up.
  • Article for Students
    By The Editors

    Poems and teaching resources from Kennedy's new anthology.

    Image with text, "Teacher's Guide for Poems to Learn by Heart"