Poetry Writing

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

This worksheet explains to kids what an acrostic poem is, and then challenges them to write an acrostic poem that describes each word provided.

Help your child learn to navigate narrative poetry, then write their own poem, in this super-fun narrative poetry worksheet.

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have your child select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

If your child likes to rhyme, have him try this fun style by using the format of poet Edward Lear.

This simple acrostic template for Earth Day makes it easy for kids of all abilities to pen a poem about the planet.

An acrostic poem is one of the most easy and rewarding ways for younger children to write poetry. Fill in the blanks to spell out "family".

Read this silly, rhyming poem and find examples of hyperbole!

Not all poetry is about rhyming and rhythm! Have some fun writing cinquain poems with your child, short poems based on parts of speech.

Take a stab at haiku poetry with this free-form haiku writing worksheet. All you need is imagination and a pen!

Your young writer can learn about poetry analysis with this worksheet on rhyme schemes, complete with excerpts by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

A limerick is a silly poem with a certain amount of syllables. This worksheet teaches your little poet how to write a limerick.

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.

Find out if you've got a little haiku master on your hands with our haiku worksheet. A simple poetry form, a haiku is perfect for beginning writers.

Got a budding poet under your wing? Help them practice parts of speech by writing a diamante poem, or a diamond poem.