Welcome to My Poetry for Kids Page. Here you will find instructions for
various formats as well as printable, ready-to-use worksheets. My first
experience working with kids and poetry was about a year ago. We were in a
writing club and it was my turn to teach. I discovered 2 ways of working
within the Cinquain format. I chose to have the kids count words and focus
on the parts of speech rather than count syllables in the way that you do for
Haiku. The Cinquain instructions and worksheets are offered here. I
will add to this page as time allows.
Here is a Cinquain my son wrote when he was 7.
Squirrel
Fuzzy
Guy
Running
so quickly
Scared
of the DOG
Tree
Click the link below for two printable pdf Cinquain worksheets. Have
Fun!
Cinquain Printable Instruction
Sheet
Fill-in-the-blank sheet for a poem about
the sun.