DLTK's Holiday Activities for Children
Summer Poetry

I love 'traditional poets' like Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, but have included poems from various eras -- some easier, some harder.  "Barefoot Days" by Rachel Field, "In July" by Evaleen Stein and "Summer Evening" by Walter de la Mare were favorites with my girls when they were preschoolers.

(includes a craft and/or coloring suggestion to go with each poem)
  

Poems:

Answer July  by Emily Dickinson

Baby's Baking  by Evaleen Stein

Barefoot Days  by Rachel Field

Beech Tree  by Rose Fyleman

Fireflies  by Evaleen Stein

In July  by Evaleen Stein

Nothing Gold Can Stay  by Robert Frost  (summer turning to autumn)

Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day)  by William Shakespeare

Summer Morning  by Rachel Field

Summer Evening  by Walter de la Mare

The Barefoot Boy (excerpt)  by John Greenleaf Whittier

The Birds' Bath  by Evaleen Stein

The Firefly  by Evaleen Stein

The Last Rose of Summer  by Thomas Moore

The Schoolboy (from Songs of Experience) by William Blake

The Shepherd's Calendar (excerpt) by John Clare

Trees  by Harry Behn
  

Summer Rhymes and Songs

Baby Bumblebee Song  (crafts, coloring and words)

Five Green and Speckled Frogs Song  (crafts, coloring and words)

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

Itsy Bitsy Spider Song  (crafts, coloring and words)

Mary Mary Quite Contrary Nursery Rhyme  (crafts, coloring and words)

Mr. Sun Song

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

You Are My Sunshine