POETRY PLAY KIT

Subtitle Games to get your poems started

Joseph Coelho, Georgie Birkett, Viola Wang, Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey
Price £14.99
Description Description

Celebrate the power of poetry! Play with words and spark imaginations with this fun activity kit from Joseph Coelho, Children's Poet Laureate 2022–2024.

  • Make poetry fun with Joseph Coelho, Children’s Poet Laureate 2022–2024: This activity kit is packed with games and activities – discover all kinds of ways to start writing poems with Joseph Coelho.
  • A compendium of literacy games and activities: Create endless poetic combinations with over 500 word cards! Spin the spinner for linguistic techniques and use the activity cards to start your poems off.
  • Edutainment for children aged 6–9: Inspire your child’s love of language and give them the tools they need to express themselves and succeed in school – and in life!
  • Learning through play: Developed with the help of kids, parents and teachers, this kit contains 500 word cards, 12 double-sided activity cards, 28 rhyming dominoes, a poetry spinner and a rules and inspiration booklet. 



Pick from more than 500 word cards to build your own poetry creations, with endless combinations. 24 games and activities provide all sorts of ways to start your poem, from acrostics and rhyming dominoes to concrete poems and consequences. Spin the letter spinner to randomize the poetic fun, or use linguistic techniques like metaphor and simile to take your poetry skills to the next level.

This poetry activity set contains: 500 word tiles, 1 letter/MORERAPS spinner (MORERAPS = Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme, Emotion, Repetition, Alliteration, Personification, Simile), 12 cards with 24 activities and 1 rules and inspiration booklet for Poetry Play with 1–6 players, aged 6–9.

Series:
Format:
Format Game / Board Game 58 Pages
ISBN:
ISBN 9780711297302
Size:
Size7.09 in x 5.51 in / 180.00 mm x 140.00 mm
Published:
Published Date September 26th, 2024
Joseph Coelho

Multi award-winning author Joseph Coelho is one of the UK’s most prestigious writers for children: he won the internationally renowned Carnegie Medal for Writing with The Boy Lost in the Maze and was selected to be the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022–2024. As part of that laureateship he completed a library marathon, joining over 213 libraries. He writes for children of all ages: his collection Ten-Word Tiny Tales won acclaim from the Wall Street Journal, The Horn Book, the Bulletin Center for Children’s Books, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist; the companion title, Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love, includes artwork from Jon Klassen, Sydney Smith, and many other award-winning and bestselling artists. His picture books include If All the World Were . . ., illustrated by Allison Colpoys, which has been translated into over 10 languages, and the critically acclaimed Luna Loves series, illustrated by Fiona Lumbers, which has sold over 450,000 copies. He is also an admired performer, broadcaster, and playwright.

Amanda Quartey
Amanda Quartey is an illustrator based in the UK. At the age of 14 she moved to Ghana and studied art, and later returned to the UK to study Graphic Design. She has worked on a variety of published projects.
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