Courage Out Loud ~ Class Sets
From Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho come 25 more bold and brave poems for children. These waltzing verses for reading aloud were written to comfort and inspire! With his third read-aloud poetry book, Coelho focuses on building kids’ courage! This new collection contains mantras to be true to yourself, to help you feel brave, project happiness, conjure a smile, make you laugh and cheer others up.
Some are odes, some can be said as personal mantras and some are just poems that instil confidence and help children realize the power of their voices. Reading these poems aloud will teach children the power of poetry, encouraging them to explore the magic of language and foster a love of verse. These rhymes perfectly complement school literature curriculums. Introduce your budding wordsmith to new verse and spark their imaginations with poems about boundaries, handling emotions and treasuring friendships.
This sparky anthology is peppered with witty and charming illustrations by Daniel Gray-Barnett to bring these powerful words to life in a way that’s appealing to children. A sweet way to empower your little one and have them harness their inner power. From a few lines to a couple of pages, there’s a mix of long and short poems, making this book versatile and suitable for every situation.
From Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho come 25 more bold and brave poems for children. These waltzing verses for reading aloud were written to comfort and inspire! With his third read-aloud poetry book, Coelho focuses on building kids’ courage! This new collection contains mantras to be true to yourself, to help you feel brave, project happiness, conjure a smile, make you laugh and cheer others up.
Some are odes, some can be said as personal mantras and some are just poems that instil confidence and help children realize the power of their voices. Reading these poems aloud will teach children the power of poetry, encouraging them to explore the magic of language and foster a love of verse. These rhymes perfectly complement school literature curriculums. Introduce your budding wordsmith to new verse and spark their imaginations with poems about boundaries, handling emotions and treasuring friendships.
This sparky anthology is peppered with witty and charming illustrations by Daniel Gray-Barnett to bring these powerful words to life in a way that’s appealing to children. A sweet way to empower your little one and have them harness their inner power. From a few lines to a couple of pages, there’s a mix of long and short poems, making this book versatile and suitable for every situation.
From Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho come 25 more bold and brave poems for children. These waltzing verses for reading aloud were written to comfort and inspire! With his third read-aloud poetry book, Coelho focuses on building kids’ courage! This new collection contains mantras to be true to yourself, to help you feel brave, project happiness, conjure a smile, make you laugh and cheer others up.
Some are odes, some can be said as personal mantras and some are just poems that instil confidence and help children realize the power of their voices. Reading these poems aloud will teach children the power of poetry, encouraging them to explore the magic of language and foster a love of verse. These rhymes perfectly complement school literature curriculums. Introduce your budding wordsmith to new verse and spark their imaginations with poems about boundaries, handling emotions and treasuring friendships.
This sparky anthology is peppered with witty and charming illustrations by Daniel Gray-Barnett to bring these powerful words to life in a way that’s appealing to children. A sweet way to empower your little one and have them harness their inner power. From a few lines to a couple of pages, there’s a mix of long and short poems, making this book versatile and suitable for every situation.
We love this anthology because it is:
a beautifully illustrated anthology of poems about being courageous and facing your fears
introduces children to poetic structures they met not have seen before: Sesitnas, Rondels, Pantoums, Limericks & Ballads
really accessible with ideas of how to perform and write your own poetry on every page
Learning opportunities:
Reading ~ use of metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, and rhyme
PSHE: facing our fears
PSHE: overcoming anxiety
S & L: performance poetry
Diving: read the poem and identify all the references to fairy tales. Think about your own fear and create a poem structured in the same way. beginning with the fear itself and how you feel when you overcome it.
A Quiet Little Word: look at the rhyming pattern in the poem. Identify all the words & phrases linked to anxiety, to talking and to relief. Can you remember a time you felt worried? What did you do to relieve your anxiety?
Rollercoasters: Research theme parks and rides or design your own rollercoaster. Create a poem that describes the movement of the ride. Can you add humour to your poem?
Fall Down Three Times Get Up Four: follow the suggestions in the book to use props and actions and perform this poem as a group.
A Furry Sorry: create a piece of art to represent a sorry monster
Limericks of Courage: perform the limericks in assembly. Can you make anyone laugh? Research other limericks to share with your classmates. Can anyone write one?
What Does Bravery Look Like? Think about moments of bravery the you have seen or experienced. Now think of unusual acts of bravery and use personification to write a short poem based on something natural doing something brave.
