Kids Read To Us

This is a poem about  Recess. Lots of kids are on the playground and they are talking about how Recess makes them happy. Maybe Recess makes you happy, too? I hope you enjoy listening to this poem.   Special thanks to Darren Sardelli for giving me permission to read his poem. This poem is from his book, Galaxy Pizza And Meteor Pie. Darren Sardelli is one of my favorite poets. His poems make me happy. They are funny and sweet poems. You can learn more about Darren Sardelli at laughalotpoetry.com. Hope you enjoy listening to this reading!

This is about Daffodils dancing in the breeze. It is one of England's most famous poems. Wordsworth wrote it in 1804, remembering a walk with his sister two years earlier. It was first published in 1807.

Launch Audio in a New WindowI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

In this story Frog buys toad a hat for his birthday. When the hat is too big for Toad, he trips and bumps into a tree and falls into a hole. That night Toad thinks big thoughts. You'll have to listen to find out what happens next! and just keep listening!

This poem is about Pooh telling us what he wants to do in the morning. He talks about seeing Roo and Piglet and all his other friends. It is a cute and funny poem.

This poem is about a small child playing in his garden and looking through the words in a book at another child. But like with characters in a book we have a limited interaction with them and can only enjoy them as they are written on a page. You cannot take any one out of ANY book.

This is what you might expect to find from the Past, Present and Future. My mom is a guest on this episode. It was fun making this episode with my mom.

This poem is one of my moms favorites. I like it too because it is short and rhymes. It is about how beautiful things stay only for a short time.  

This poem is about a child sitting on a swing and looking at all the things that s/he can see. It reminds me of my swing and how much fun I have flying in the air especially when my dad pushes me high.

Episode 2 of Kids Read To Us podcast. We hope you are enjoying my selection of poems and will continue to listen as I have more in store for you in upcoming episodes. 

The first episode of Kids Read To Us podcast. The classic poem by AA Milne is read by Anya K. (age 7).  If you would like me to read a poem that you've written or have requests for me, please email: [email protected].