National No Rhyme or Reason Day

Today is National No Rhyme or Reason Day! To help us celebrate, we’ve invited SchoolhouseTeachers.com’s Executive Editor, Bonnie Rose Hudson to share with us some fun activities to do with the kids today.

Please help me welcome her to the blog!

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National No Rhyme or Reason Day

In honor of today being National No Rhyme or Reason Day, we’re going to explore poetry and ways to make it fun for kids with a roundup of helpful websites and articles. Then we’ll enjoy a list of twenty-five words that do not have a true English rhyme with some National No Rhyme or Reason Day Copywork!

Poetry4Kids.com for fun finding words that rhyme

How to bring poetry to life with your kids

How to write a cinquain

For teaching the technical aspects of poetry, you can have tons of fun with these lessons on I am the Iamb and Okie Dokie, Here’s the Trochee!

How to write a diamante

How to write a shape poem

Writing haiku poetry

Brainstorming and writing your poem

Read a collection of children’s poems by Christina Rossetti

Now for some fun copywork!

National No Rhyme or Reason Copywork

More Poetry Copywork for Kids

Write Bonnie RoseBonnie Rose Hudson is the Executive Editor of SchoolhouseTeachers.com, the curriculum arm of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine®. Her heart’s desire is for every child to feel the love of God and know how special they are to Him. She would love for you to stop by and meet the star of her children’s series at Exploring with Jake, look through the 10/40 window of the world and join others in prayer at Looking Out the 10/40 Window, or stop by her author’s blog WriteBonnieRose.com for resources to help teach your children about missions and the persecuted Church, free history and writing printables, and to discover how you can write for the homeschool market.

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