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[Clur]

I've not been back long from my work trip to the US and DH has just announced that DS needs a different animal poem to read at school each day next week ( !).

 

I've googled and found one for zebras, giraffes and penguins, and need one each on lions and rhinos next - does anyone know of anything suitable for a six year old to read aloud in class? I'm back at work tomorrow so won't make it in time for the library.

[Karen & co.]

Would he be able to write an acrostic poem about an animal? it's where the name of the animal is written vertically and the letter in the name is the first letter of the line describing that animal.

 

Karen x

[Lewis]

The Rhinocerous

 

The nose of the rhinoceros

 

is really quite preposterous

 

but telling him is dangerous

 

for he is most cantankerous

[Lewis]

The lion and the unicorn

The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown

The lion beat the unicorn all around the town.

Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown;

Some gave them plum cake and drummed them out of town.

[Clur]

You are all ANGELS - thank you!!!!!

[hillfamily]

Lion

 

YOU may say

it isn't true

that a lion's

close to you,

but I'm certain

he is there

GROWLING, underneath

your chair!

 

YOU may think

it isn't so.

But I tell you

that I KNOW

there's a lion

roaming free

ROARING..........Yes.

The lion's me.

 

by Jean Kenward..........published in 'Another Very First Poetry Book'

[clootie]

Why "Ooops, word censored!"ody Pets the Lion at the Zoo

by John Ciardi

 

The morning that the world began

The Lion growled a growl at Man.

 

And I suspect the Lion might

(If he’d been closer) have tried a bite.

 

I think that’s as it ought to be

And not as it was taught to me.

 

I think the Lion has a right

To growl a growl and bite a bite.

 

And if the Lion bothered Adam,

He should have growled right back at ’im.

 

The way to treat a Lion right

Is growl for growl and bite for bite.

[little chickadee]

Cats Sleep Anywhere

 

Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair.

Top of piano, window-ledge, in the middle, on the edge.

Open drawer, empty shoe, anybody's lap will do.

Fitted in a cardboard box, in the cupboard with your frocks.

Anywhere! They don't care! Cats sleep anywhere.

 

Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)

 

That's my Childhood favourite which I remember from primary school.

 

Just found these Chicken ones too

 

Chicken

 

Known for its feather and wings and legs,

The chicken lays eggs and eggs and eggs!

Known for the comb atop its crown,

The chicken lays eggs of white and brown.

Known for its strut when taking a walk,

The chicken lays eggs! Ba-a-awk! Ba-a-awk!

 

Meish Goldish

 

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The Chickens

 

Said the first little chicken,

With a strange little squirm,

"I wish I could find

A fat little worm."

 

Said the next little chicken,

With an odd little shrug:

"I wish I could find

A fat little bug."

 

Said a third little chicken,

With a small sigh of grief,

"I wish I could find

A green little leaf!"

 

Said the fourth little chicken,

With a faint little moan,

"I wish I could find

A wee gravel stone."

 

"Now, see here!" said the mother,

From the green garden patch,

"If you want any breakfast,

Just come here and scratch!"

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Chick

 

Peck, peck, peck

On the warm, brown egg.

Out comes a neck

Out comes a leg.

 

How does a chick,

Who's not been about,

Discover the trick

Of how to get out?

 

Aileen Fisher

 

 

My favourite one though is the Lion and Albert, but that's probably a bit long

[AnnieP]

This one could run and run...

[MedusA]

My favourite one though is the Lion and Albert, but that's probably a bit long

 

That was my first thought! I loved it when I was little.