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“The poems I like best wear classic black with vintage accessories and smell like a new book, the spine just cracked.“

Reading poetry out loud helps us hear the rhythms and sounds that make each poem unique. After exploring a few poems, pick one that you find interesting or funny, and try reading it with a friend or family member.

This book has three dozen poems that play with language, from rhythmic rhymes and tongue twisters to bilingual poems and verses for multiple voices. Each selection encourages children to engage with poetry in fun and interactive ways, whether through recitation, memorization, or even singing.

“The poems I like best wear classic black with vintage accessories and smell like a new book, the spine just cracked.

Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout by Paul B. Janeczko, we explore poems that are meant to be enjoyed out loud! Reading poetry out loud helps us hear the rhythms and sounds that make each poem unique. After exploring a few poems, pick one that you find interesting or funny, and try reading it with a friend or family member. This book shows us that poetry is not only about reading—it‘s about playing with language, rhythm, and expression.

In A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout (2009) by Paul B. Janeczko, readers are invited into a lively world of poems meant to be performed and enjoyed aloud. This vibrant collection features more than three dozen poems that play with language, from rhythmic rhymes and tongue twisters to bilingual poems and verses for multiple voices. Each selection encourages children to engage with poetry in fun and interactive ways.

“‘Twas brillig, and the smithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”

This book has really great language for kids. I think some of the words could be confusing for really young kids, but the poems are super fun and whacky.

“‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves”

Fun book to read and help children understand the rhythm of poems. Great for a classroom because there are so many poems to choose from.

2009, poetry. Book filled with numerous poems. Many have rhyming schemes that are fun to read aloud. Pictures are fun and vibrant and match the themes of each poem. Some have imaginative words that are fun to read.

Picketty picketty picketty fence

I really enjoyed the poem about the pickety fence

This book is full of different poems that seem to be tongue twisters. The kids in my class would love these types of poems!
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#WitchyReads Day 24: This anthology begs to be read aloud to your own children or to your students. There are poems for one, two and three voices. They dance, leap, and swirl off the page – alongside Raschka‘s whimsical, colorful, and incredibly-original artwork. The range of selected poems also include William Shakespeare‘s #Macbeth as it is a poem for three voices. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-4c4