Poems For Primary Elementary Students (Grades K-3)
Published: October 2017
Introducing young children to poetry is a great way to help them develop language. The rhyming nature of many poems helps with this development. The poems in this collection are great for students in grades K-3. They are filled with humor and relatable topics for primary elementary children. Some of those topics include pets, being sick, imagination, spending time with family members, and many more. You'll also be able to find poems written by famous children's poets such as Shel Silverstein and A.A. Milne. These simple yet engaging pieces help children develop a love of words and reading that will hopefully last a lifetime.
49 Poems To Use With Students In Grades K-3
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Sick
Famous Poem
“I cannot go to school today,"
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Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
“I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.Featured Shared StoryI routinely skipped school for some reasons that even I couldn't understand at the time. In a thorough medical checkup after 10th grade, my parents realized that I couldn't see well. I...
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Snowball
Famous Poem
I made myself a snowball
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As perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me.Featured Shared StoryI love the humor, innocence and whimsy of this poem. But there's more here than meets the eye. If you look a bit deeper, you can see how we sometimes don't properly interpret our experiences,...
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Now We Are Six
Famous Poem
When I was One,
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I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.Featured Shared StoryI remember my dad reading this poem to me when I turned 6! He read many poems and stories to me but this was one of my favorites! Did not realize it was Winnie the Pooh until recently. To...
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Wind On The Hill
Famous Poem
No one can tell me,
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Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.Featured Shared StoryThis is beautiful! I love the description, and I will be using this for a presentation. Thank you so much for sharing. This is a question I think everyone has thought about at some point in...
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My Next Door Neighbor Is A Witch
My next door neighbor is a witch,
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And she lives way down in a ditch.
Her clothing is a little strange,
Because she never wants to change.Featured Shared StoryI REALLY GOT SCARED OMG but YES this poem is really so so so funny.
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A Worm In My Pocket
One rainy day on my way home from school,
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I found a big worm and thought it was cool.
I picked up the worm with my bare hand,Featured Shared StoryGreat poem. My daughter also likes worms. When she was younger she would play happily in the muck collecting worms for hours.
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The Rainbow
Famous Poem
Boats sail on the rivers,
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And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.Featured Shared StoryMy 11-year-old daughter loved this and learned quickly to recite it.
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When The World Turned Upside Down
The day when the world
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turned upside down:
when a frown became a smile
and a smile became a frown.Featured Shared StoryHello Anna, I notice that you sent this message 3 months ago and want to apologise as I have been very busy in other areas of my life that my poems came to a halt for nearly a year. Things...
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Waiting At The Window
Famous Poem
These are my two drops of rain
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Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to seeFeatured Shared StoryIsn't it awesome how while there is rain we still have something to do!
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Friends
Famous Poem
How good to lie a little while
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And look up through the tree!
The Sky is like a kind big smile
Bent sweetly over me.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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My mum and dad would read and recite all of AA Milne's poems and stories to the four of us in the early 1950's. There was one piece that I can vaguely remember; it was about a leather donkey...
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My Big Fat Cat
I own a big fat cat-
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The fattest for miles around.
Wherever there's lots of food,
That's where he'll be found.Featured Shared StoryThis story is hilarious! Coming across this story, it reminds me of my fat cat, Ziggy, also known as Tubby once her grew. I would compare him to a lot of fat jokes, but apart from that, he's...
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Dirty Face
Famous Poem
Where did you get such a dirty face,
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My darling dirty-faced child?
I got it from crawling along in the dirt
And biting two buttons off Jeremy's shirt.Featured Shared StorySo cute!! Like the spaghetti, chocolate, ice-cream. It's the kids that get the dirtiest, that have the most fun. It's a lifetime of adventure and silliness that they will remember forever....
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Glow Worm
Oh, I wish I were a glow worm,
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for a glow worm's never glum,
'cause how can you be grumpy
when the sun shines out your bum?Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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I am an 80-year-old woman who has just moved into a seniors' residence. Shortly after I arrived, COVID-19 did too! For over a month now, we have been kept in isolation from the rest of the...
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If I Were King
Famous Poem
I often wish I were a King,
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And then I could do anything.
If only I were King of Spain,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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If I Were...
If I were a queen,
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I'd rule a mighty land.
If I were a princess,
I'd take a prince's hand.Featured Shared StoryGood poem. I'd like a poem that explains just one dream.
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Little Boy Blue
Please cover your nose.
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You sneezed on Miss Muffet
and ruined her clothes.
You sprayed Mother HubbardFeatured Shared StoryThe poem gives a good lesson how to behave while you are sneezing.
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I'd Love To Be A Fairy's Child
Famous Poem
Children born of fairy stock
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Never need for shirt or frock,
Never want for food or fire,
Always get their heart's desire:Featured Shared StoryVery nice poem. It deals with the aspirations of children. Childhood is the stage of innocence, and the present poem describes the same. It's lyrical, rhythmic and rhymed.
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The Swing
Famous Poem
How do you like to go up in a swing,
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Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!Featured Shared StoryThe poem is really relaxing. I smiled as I read; it's just like riding a swing. Simple things like this make life beautiful. And the garden green, the roof so brown, the air so blue.... it's...
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