Friday, January 11, 2019

A Print-and-Fold Book of Poems #1

I'm a big fan of making things, especially easy, fun things that are inexpensive and simple. So, when I discovered that one could make a tiny book out of a single piece of paper (8.5 x 11), I was hooked!  I've used this technique many times over the years and it always gets a great reaction from children. Once, a little boy sitting in the front row gasped, "It's magic!" And you can do all kinds of things with this mini-book format, from vocabulary practice, drawing, math play, and of course... POETRY! 

 So, Janet (Wong) and I decided it might be fun to offer a ready-made printable poetry mini-book for teachers (and others) who want to inject a little more poetry into their work with children. So, here's our first installment, with a handful of poems from some of our Poetry Friday anthologies. See what you think!

 Here's the printable page below and you'll find the pdf version at this link.
And here's a simple video showing you how to fold the paper into a mini-book:

Now look for more Poetry Friday fun hosted by Kathryn Apel, all the way in Australia! Here's the link.
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15 comments:

  1. KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.com7:52 PM

    Oh!!! Thank-you! How many ways do I love this?! (Love the video to go with.)

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  2. Carol8:16 PM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love this! What a great way to get poetry into the hands of kids! Can't wait to share this with teachers at my school!

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  3. Liz Steinglass5:43 AM

    I love this! I can't wait to try it!

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  4. Catherine Flynn7:03 AM

    Thank you so much for this little treasure! I have been making these versatile booklets with students for many years and you're right; they are magic! Filling them with poetry makes them even more magical!

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  5. Linda9:36 AM

    I love this! When I was teaching, my students and I made folded booklets like these. They are easy to make and very useful. I agree with Catherine, filling them with poetry is magical!

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  6. Tabatha9:45 AM

    Terrific! Thanks for this.

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  7. Buffy Silverman1:12 PM

    Now this is fun!

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  8. Mary Lee6:35 PM

    Way cool! Thanks!!

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  9. Michelle Kogan8:23 PM

    Ah What fun!!! Thanks Sylvia!

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  10. luzdelmes10:33 PM

    This is an awesome idea. Thank you!

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  11. Molly Hogan7:29 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing this and for including the how-to video. I can't wait to try it and share it with my students!

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  12. Robyn Hood Black6:22 PM

    What a fantastic idea! YAY! :0)

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  13. Sylvia Vardell7:34 PM

    Thank you all for your enthusiastic responses! This mini-book is an old idea, but we've had fun adding poetry to it and thought others might enjoy a ready-made sample. We hope to create more (and share them) in the future too. I'm always looking for more great ideas-- and I get TONS from y'all all the time!

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  14. Heidi Mordhorst5:30 AM

    Oh boy oh boy! This is going to be big, and if I'm reading the clues, "January 2019" is only the first in a series! Of course we all know about this, but having a ready-made one makes it easy to plunge in, so that by April, say, my 2nd graders will be able to make their own Poem-in-Your-Pocket Anthologies. Thank you, Sylvia and Janet.

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  15. Anonymous7:19 AM

    This is wonderful! More please! Thanks so much.

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