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Autumn Poetry

(includes a printable template, craft or coloring suggestion to go with each poem)

I love Robert Frost's work, but have included a few different poets -- some easier, some harder.  "Leaves" by Elsie Brady and the Pumpkin poems are likely the easiest ones for younger children.

Poems:

A Child's Calendar - November by John Updike

After Apple Picking by Robert Frost

Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost

Ladybug, Ladybug Nursery Rhyme

Leaves by Elsie Brady

Nature XXVII, Autumn by Emily Dickinson

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

November Morning by Evaleen Stein

Ode to Autumn by John Keats

Pumpkin Poem 1

Pumpkin Poem 2

Songs:

Autumn-Time is Coming (sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)

I'm a Little Scarecrow (sung to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot)

If You Should Meet an Elephant  (crafts, coloring and words)

3 Pumpkin Songs sung to familiar tunes

 

  

More Halloween type pumpkin poems:

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Five Little Pumpkins
(nursery rhyme - entire section including a mini book)
  

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Jack-o-Lantern
(nursery rhyme)
  

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Pumpkin Time
(nursery rhyme - can sing to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb, but I prefer it as a poem)