Poetry Folder

According to the book definition, poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. Also, poetry could be used to narrate, describe, argue, and/or define any subject matter. However, some of the most interesting forms of poetry found could be describes as children’s poetry, fables, tales, or short stories. This type of poetry is not only interesting, but educational as well.

Table of Contents

1 Little Bo Beep

2 Little Boy Blue

3 Hey, Diddle, Diddle

4 Little Bunny Foo Foo

5 Hickory, Dickory, Dock

6 Old Mother Hubbard

7 The Farmer in the Dell

8 Eencey Weencey Spider

9 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

10 Kookaburra

11 Mary Had a Little Lamb

12 Three Blind Mice

13 One, Two, Three, Four, Five

14 I Saw a Ship A-Sailing

15 All Around the Mulberry Bush

16 As White as Milk

17 Bow, Wow, Says the Dog

18 Cold and Raw the North Wind Doth Blow

19 Do You Know the Muffin Man

20 Humpty Dumpty

Description:

1. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over mammals or sheep (specifically).

2. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my sister’s and my childhood favorites. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over mammals or farm animals (specifically).
3. Why this poem was chosen: I had this book as a child. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over word endings or spelling patterns.
4. Why this poem was chosen: The children in my preschool classroom really enjoy this poem (they have even memorized it). How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over cause and effect, manners, or following rules.
5. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over syllables or even about telling time.
6. Why this poem was chosen: This was also one of my first poems to read. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over rhyme, rhythm, site words (high frequency words), and/or spelling patterns. (I would substitute the word beer with root-beer).
7. Why this poem was chosen: I love to sing this poem out. How it could be integrated in the classroom: This can help with memorization.
8. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites and it is easy and fun to remember and act out. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson about climate/weather.
9. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over one-to-one correspondence and/or onomatopoeia.
10. Why this poem was chosen: I like to sing this poem out. (The children enjoy singing along as well). How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over monkeys and/or site words (high frequency words).
11. Why this poem was chosen: I like to use puppets when I recite it to my preschool class. How it could be integrated in the classroom: This poem helps develop memorization skills, and sequence.
12. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites. How it could be integrated in the classroom: The children can be asked insightful questions such as: “Do you think mice actually need their tails?” “Why/why not?”
13. Why this poem was chosen: This poem is short and to the point. How it could be integrated in the classroom: Children can practice their numbers and/or counting.
14. Why this poem was chosen: This poem is especially fun because I enjoy the surprise at the end. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over rhyme, sequence, and descriptions.
15. Why this poem was chosen: The visual aides that accompany this book are amazing. How it could be integrated in the classroom: This poem teaches rhyme and rhythm
16. Why this poem was chosen: I like this poem because I love milk.. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over the importance of drinking milk. We can talk about the food pyramid. However, similes can also be taught with this poem.
17. Why this poem was chosen: This poem is creative. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson about onomatopoeia and animal sounds.
18. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was is short and easy to remember and the children can talk about the climate/weather in our home town. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I can conduct a lesson over geography (and/or direction) and climate/weather.
19. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites because we always go to bake a “muffin man” to go with the lesson. How it could be integrated in the classroom: I could conduct a lesson over mammals or sheep (specifically).
20. Why this poem was chosen: This poem was one of my childhood favorites.
How it could be integrated in the classroom: I could conduct a lesson over cause and effect.

Bibliography:

Wildsmith, Brian. Mother Goose: A Collection of Nursery Rhymes. New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1964.