Poetry Websites Website Description http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en Selection of online stories, rhymes and tongue twisters suitable for Junior classes http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/ Good selection of poems available to view and in printer friendly version http://kids.wordsmyth.net/wild/ A visual thesaurus for children – useful when writing poetry http://www.readwritethink.org/search/? Allows you to interactively create and print a resource_type=16&type=28 variety of poems including acrostic, diamante, letter, riddle and shape writing poems http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx Great poetry website for humorous poems with plenty of interactive activities including tongue twisters, poetry frameworks, poetry plays interviews with poets and a large anthology http://www.rhymezone.com/ Online dictionary that allows you to find rhyming words but also synonyms, antonyms, alliteration and definitions http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/i Online lessons for writing poetry created by ndex.htm poets and an interactive poetry writing tool. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/ Shel Sliverstein website with games, about the poet, lessons and a great anthology http://www.poetry4kids.com/ Loads of poetry ideas and resources including; lessons, quizzes, activities, anthologies, rhyming word lists and a rhyming dictionary http://interactivesites.weebly.com/poetry.html Links to a variety of interactive poetry websites for reading, responding to and writing poetry http://www.rainydaypoems.com/poems-for- Anthology of poems for children to read and kids/poems-for-kids-to-recite recite http://www.kidsworldfun.com/kidspoems/ Large collection of poems for younger children to read and recite http://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/reco Poetry Ireland website with list of mmended-reading recommended reading http://ireland-calling.com/100-favourite- A list, including links, of Irelands 1oo favourite poems/ poems http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/index.html Michael Rosen website with video, teachers section and poetry collections http://jackprelutsky.com/ Jack Prelutsky website including, poetry collection, poems written by children, his blog and bibliography .