Michael Rosen's Poetry Videos

<p>This is a guide for teachers on how to support children to write and perform poems that matter to them - it shares creative ways to harness the classroom potential of the 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' YouTube channel. It is a practical and supportive handbook put together by a practising teacher and it suggests some ways that fellow teachers can create enriching writing communities with and for their students.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jonny Walker</strong> is a primary school teacher based in Newham East London. He runs poetry and creative writing projects which connect pupils and teachers across local groups of collaborative schools - these include residential poetry retreats KS2/3 children's writing networks and initiatives to promote the teaching of mythology and classics in the primary school. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Michael Rosen</strong> is a poet broadcaster novelist and non-fiction author. He has run poetry workshops for children for over 40 years and was Children's Laureate from 2007-2009. He is Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths University of London where he teaches critical approaches to children's books and supervises students' projects on encouraging reading and writing.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>