A fun way to share poetry with children is through Reader's Theater. Choose a poem that you and the students enjoy. Divide the poem into parts. Be creative! Small groups or individual readers may read a single word, verse or line. Check out these examples.
| Narrator: | Talking Dog, by Kenn Nesbitt |
| Reader 1: | My dog likes to |
| All: | Roof! |
| Reader 1: | at the top of our house. |
| Reader 2: | He'll |
| All: | Bark! |
| Reader 3: | at the trees in the yard. |
| Reader 4: | My dog likes to |
| All: | Owwwwwl! |
| Reader 3: | at the birds in the night. |
| Reader 4: | He'll |
| All: | Ruff! |
| Reader 4: | if I brush him too hard. |
| Reader 5: | My dog likes to |
| All: | Yep! |
| Reader 6: | when I ask him a question. |
| Reader 5: | He'll |
| All: | Rrruun! |
| Reader 6: | when we go for a walk. |
| Reader 7: | My dog's always |
| All: | barking |
| Reader 7: | and |
| All: | yelping. |
| Reader 8: | It's too bad my doggy can't talk. |