Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it means. Take chef here, he needs to wash up. But instead he is going to smash all the crockery in his kitchen. SMASH against the ceiling! That is ...

Poetry, called the “music of the soul” by Voltaire, can also be music to kids’ ears if it’s funny, interesting and poignant. Teachers love to present poetry to their students because it is a great ...

April is National Poetry Month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has taken the rhythms of famous poems and turned them into poetic parodies for ...