Poetry Tea Time is wildly popular among homeschoolers, but I found it overwhelming because of all the beautiful table displays I kept seeing on Instagram. We finally gave it a try, and it’s been a huge hit in our homeschool routine for several years now! If you’re feeling intimidated, check out this post about our first poetry tea time! This year, I’m excited to share some of our favorite poetry books for kids. We LOVE seasonal books, so it’s only natural that we include seasonal poetry books for our poetry tea times. Here are some of our favorite winter poetry books for kids.
Sing a Song of Seasons: A Nature Poem for Each Day of the Year -Yes this covers all the seasons, which makes it a great book to have on hand all year long! We love to use this book for memory work with younger kids because many of the poems are short.
Julie Andrews’ Treasury for all Seasons is another seasonal poetry book that we keep handy all year. We read a few of these poems during every poetry tea time. My kids especially like that it’s a collection of poems put together by Mary Poppins!
Flower Fairies of the Winter – This is a tiny book measuring only about 4″x6″, but we love the Flower Fairy books. We’ve had the Complete Book of Flower Fairies book for several years and it’s always a favorite. If you’re also a nature loving family (like we are!), you’ll want to add this to your library. Each flower has it’s own special fairy and poem.
Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children by Jane Yolen with photography by Jason Stemple – My kids love these poems AND the beautiful photography. Living in the southwest desert, these are scenes they don’t usually see. We love beautiful illustrations, but real photographs really bring the winter landscape to life for my kiddos.
Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold – Learn about animals and plants in the winter with these fun poems! Along side each poem is a bit about how the animal or plant survives in the winter cold.
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Our Favorite Winter Poetry Books for Kids
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost is one of our favorite winter poems! This picture book presentation of it has been a hit with our kids. This book only has this one poem with beautiful illustrations to go along with the lines. If you’re looking for a larger collection of poetry by Robert Frost check out this book for kids.
Winter Eyes has 28 delightful winter poems for kids with beautiful watercolor illustrations exploring the fun and beauty of the season.
Do Rabbits Have Christmas? is an adorable winter poetry book about the coming winter and Christmas in the country and the people and animals who live there.
It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! is an I Can Read Book level 3 perfect for emerging readers to join in the fun and read poetry aloud during poetry tea times.
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems – Have you ever seen an iguana in the snow? It’s pretty funny to picture, huh?! These short children’s poems are presented in English and Spanish on the same page. This has been a favorite this season because we’re starting to learn Spanish this year.
Do you love to share poetry with your kids? Do they have a favorite winter poetry book? Share in the comments!
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