Do you find that your students respond to poetry with a dismissive groan? Do you find that they lack confidence in their ability to write good poetry? Here, Fred Sedgwick shows how important the relationship between reading & writing poetry can be & how this can open the creative minds of young people. Contents: (1) Children Beginning to Understand Poetry: nursery rhymes; playground rhymes; reading poetry to children; & the poems we chose; (2) Children & Teachers Responding to Poetry: case studies of children responding to poems; adults responding to a poem; & children reading poems closely; & (3) Children Writing Poetry. Sedgwick is a poet & the author of numerous books in the areas of lit., expressive arts, education & creativity.