115 Best Poem of the Day Printable for Kids

Poem of the Day is not just for National Poetry Month, or World Poetry Day. These poems are going to get your kids excited to read every day of the year . I absolutely love writing and finding new poems for kids, and am beyond excited to share this collection of poems for kids with you!

Poem of the Day

When doing a poem of the day, you can introduce a great poem in many different ways.

Most importantly, you get to choose how much time, and the best way, you spend on introducing the poem of the day for kids. In other words, you will know your kids learning styles best, and know whether you should introduce a new poem every day, or revisit previous poems for review.

The positive with doing a new poem every few days is the novelty. The kids are constantly excited for the new poem, and never get bored with the same one day after day.

Could you do a new poem every day? Yes. However, especially with the younger kids, I recommend spending a couple days on a poem. Remember. the more familiar they are with the poem, the more confident they will become as readers.

Every day or so, I would make sure to do at least 2-3 of the following activities:

shared reading
echo reading
letter/word hunts
practice concepts of print
highlight sight words
buddy read
build a poem
illustrate to surprise (they had to draw a “super good” illustration on the BACK of the poem. It had to be good enough to surprise their partner, or lucky listener. We were looking for the wow factor, not rushing to be done.)
make up movements
sing the poem
mini-lesson
cloze reading/writing

As you can see, the activities are very similar when you compare the two poetry options. It truly is just a matter of preference. If you’d rather take more time on a poem, do it! Do the routine that works best for you!

Either way, you can keep the poems in a 3-ring binder, or folder, so the kids will have an awesome poetry notebook at the end of the year. Fridays were the fun days, because they got to take the poetry notebooks home, and read the poem(s) to a lucky listener.

Fortunately, with e-learning, or distance learning for kids, is on the rise, a poetry notebook is a easy-to-assemble reading tool for any household. Let’s now take a look at the benefits of using poetry to learn to read.

Benefits of Poems for Kids

First off, if you haven’t tried using poems for kids, yet, try it! I promise you will quickly see the benefits of using poetry with kids.

Along with my personal experiences and opinions, I’ve also gathered facts from google scholar to show why you, too, should start integrating poetry, today! Who knows; perhaps your students will love poems, be inspired by their favorite poet, and one day join the Academy of American Poets.

,Silly poems make kids laugh. Laughter releases serotonin in our brains, which makes us feel better and reduce stress.
Build communication
Increases listening skills
Build vocabulary
Builds expressive and receptive language skills
The rhythm in poems helps kids be more aware of their feelings.
Poems can guide classroom management (i.e. transitional poems)
Shared readings of rhyming poems increase confidence in reading (Stange and Wyant, 2008)
Poems increase the kids desire to read more
Increases student engagement
Poetry fosters a positive learning environment
Builds understanding of and ability to hear rhymes and produce rhyming words
Encourages writing in a non-judgmental way
Encourages creative thinking

115 Fun and Short Poems for Kids

Whether you’re looking for an entire collection, seasonal poems, or ideas for poetry notebooks, here is a peek at some of my favorite poems to get kids excited to read.

I’m so excited to share with you what I’ve been working on for years. Yes, it’s true; I’ve been collecting and writing simple poems for kids for years. But, it wasn’t until recently that I worked on bundling all of the poems into one year-round Poem of the Day collection.

When you click on the links to your favorite poems, you will be taken to a youtube video that allows you to play the audio poem of the day to your kids. The audio recordings are great for the teaching of poetry, displaying examples of poetic expression, and inspiring kids to write their own poem .