Education

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Why Poetry

More Than Words

Poetry can be more than something children read. With its rhythm, rhyme and vivid pictures, it becomes a playful way to build language, attention, memory, observation, confidence and curiosity.

This page is growing into a practical learning space for families, teachers and children. Start with the activities below, and join the mailing list to hear when new courses and games arrive.

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Skills
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Ways to Learn

Learning Through Play and Poems

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For Parents

Simple, practical ways to support your child's reading, language, attention and creativity at home. Courses coming soon.

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Learn & Play with Poems

Read-aloud prompts, rhyme games, nature walks and drawing ideas, all connected to Phan Ái Thủy's poems.

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Maths & Brain Games

Puzzles, memory games and visual challenges for young learners to play online and away from the screen.

Learn & Play

Activities to Try With Any Poem

Read the poem together slowly, then again with feeling. Take turns reading lines, or let your child finish each rhyme.

  • Read-aloud prompts for every poem
  • Simple discussion questions
  • Take-turns reading games

Explore the sounds and words in the poem. Find the rhymes, clap the rhythm and learn one new word each time.

  • Rhyme spotting and word play
  • Clap-the-rhythm games
  • New vocabulary to learn and use

Take the poem outside. Look for the animals, plants and colours it describes, and name what you find.

  • Find-and-name activities
  • Nature observation walks
  • Spot-the-detail questions
Research & Articles

Research, articles and reflections on children's learning, literacy and education.

Coming Soon

Early Maths & Brain Games

Puzzles, memory-training games, visual-perception games and early maths, designed to be simple, visual and age-appropriate. Each game links to a learning activity children can continue away from the screen.

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