Painting the Sky: Writing Poetry with Children

I homeschool my daughter, 9, and she doesn't like to write. I got this book hoping to encourage her and boy has it worked. She really likes it. She is actually having fun at making poems and I am having fun right along with her. I highly recommend this book for children and adults!

I've used this book for five years, teaching poetic elements to fourth and fifth graders. There is no other book that makes poetry as fun and accessible to 9-12 year olds as does this book. Every class I've had has loved the lessons.

Painting The Sky enables the teacher to lead students through creative lessons to express their ideas in poetry. The lessons contain elements of grammar, poetry patterns, and language arts elements that meet standards. The book can be easily used with each lesson taught independently or as a weekly activity. There are children's poems included to use as examples. This is truly one of the best teacher guides I have seen for introducing students to the wonderful world of poetry!