Poems & Chants for Older Kids

This is a small collection of poems, raps, rhymes and chants that you could use with kids from about year 3 onwards. There are some different ideas about how you might present them that you could also try and adapt. Don’t forget, where possible choose material that will link with or extend your integrated studies or literacy focus.
Here’s some to try:
Shoes and socks

Beat, beat , beat

The Inchcape Rock A great old poem about a selfish and spiteful sea captain who learns a serious lesson at the sinking of his ship.

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