Here’s another idea for carrying around a couple poems on Poem in your Pocket Day: have a little booklet handy in your pocket! Or encourage your kids to share fun poetry with their friends. I agree – We want poetry to become a part of who we are, and of who our kids are!įree Printable Poem in your Pocket Day Booklet Perhaps the most important idea furthered by Poem in your Pocket Day is in this poem by Amy LV. Then that poem can live inside books pages the rest of the year. Or you could print out these bookmarks! Easy to slip several into a back pocket and share with friends.
Here’s a fun list of activities to do on Poem in your Pocket Day! Challenge your kids to do as many as they can! Isn’t this lacing activity pocket perfect for little hands! You can read the poem while they work on their lacing skills.Įven though I’m not in the classroom anymore, this is SUCH a fun interactive display I may be tempted to make some year with my children’s outgrown jeans! From stapling a paper pocket to a bulletin board and stuffing with slips of poetry, to handing out mini scrolls of poems so everyone has a poem to carry and share, the ideas are fun and hands-on for kids. I love the creative ways people have celebrated Poem in your Pocket day. This year, Poem in your Pocket Day is April 29, 2021. Grab a poem, stick it in your pocket, and share it with someone on Poem in your Pocket Day! I love the simplicity of this endeavor, which has continued for 17 years now! It really is so simple. Poem in your Pocket Day was created in 2002 by the mayor of NYC as a way to encourage carrying and sharing poetry with everyone around you! I wish I’d had this Poem in your Pocket Day printable booklet of poetry to give out to all my students then! We always tried to have some kind of Poem in your Pocket Day celebration. As a middle school teacher, I couldn’t wait for April, not because it meant test-season was over (although that too!), because it meant an entire month of teaching poetry writing to my kids. Yes, I can get pretty geeked out about National Poetry Month.
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