Teach Your Kids to Play With Their Words!

It’s not too late to celebrate National Poetry Month with these great podcasts for families!

Go right to the sweeps list here:

Kids Listen Playlist: Kids Listen Sweeps: Celebrate National Poetry Month!

And enjoy more from Medium about poetry, too:

Why poetry matters

A great way to celebrate National Poetry Month (U.S., but worth celebrating everywhere!) is to include kids and family members by listening to great audio content. Hearing wordplay and poetry can be moving, fun, funny, and inspiring. We’ve cooked up another fun list to get you started and to keep the fun going all month, screen-free!

Check out the episodes we’ve selected here:

Kids Listen: Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Kids Listen: The Poetry Lesson

Kids Listen: Celebrating Poetry with Phoenix Youth Poet Laureate Myra Kamal

Buttons & Figs bonus: they also make silly, super fun videos!

The discovery of The Fields of Pahnamahna, along with the poem telling the tale of the discovery of The Fields of Pahnamahna, is making the rounds around the round world and is being read by unsuspecting characters to stadiums full of kids.

Kids Listen: Poems to Space

Kids Listen: EUPHONIOUS (encore)

Kids Listen: Inspiration in Space with Dr. Sian Proctor

Kids Listen: S2E15 | The Dogstrologer’s Song

And a bonus for Emily Dickinson fans:

Kids Listen: The Girl With Feathers

Kids Listen: S2E22 | Draconus (Hope is the thing with feathers!)

And again, here’s the whole list:

Kids Listen Playlist: Kids Listen Sweeps: Celebrate National Poetry Month!

And, if you’re looking for more ways to teach and share about the wonders and benefits of poetry, check out this wonderful list from poets.org:

30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Classroom