Animated Classic Short Poems for Kids
A Poem Is… Disney Junior’s show introducing short poems for kids, ages 2 – 7, airs daily on Disney Channel’s Disney Junior. The short poems for kids on topics about nature, seasons, animals, and more are presented in a fun, visual format using Disney’s animated scenes from popular Disney films that bring the poem to life for young minds.
Featured Short Poems for Kids Guide
The featured short poems for kids include works by Robert Louis Stevenson, John Howard Payne, A.A. Milne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jack Prelutsky, among others. Disney and the Poetry Society have developed a (grand) parents’ guide to help you enjoy the short poems with your children. In the guide, you can find the words to the poems, tips, and coloring pages.
Watch Animated Short Poems with Your Young Child
As children enjoy the fun, short poems on “A Poem Is…” , they will recognize scenes from films such as “Winnie the Pooh,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Dumbo,” “Cinderella,” “Bambi,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Lady and the Tramp.” Sharing the short, animated poems is a wonderful bonding activity for grandparents and grandchildren. The classic Disney characters and the enjoyment of poetry bring to mind fond memories for the adults and create new ones for the young children in their lives.
12 Animated Short Poems from Disney Junior
Twelve animated short poems for kids (The Moon, The Star, De Colores, The Months, The Wiind on the HIll, April Rain Song, A Pleasant Day, And the ‘Roo Jumped Over the Moon, Ducks, The Frog, Once They All Believed in Dragons, and Mice) found on Disney Junior’s A Poem Is… are below for you and your grandchildren to enjoy. The kids in the beginning talking about poetry are adorable, but if you want to skip past them slide up to about 35 seconds.
The Moon
by Eliza Lee Follen, read by Vanessa Williams
The Star
by Ann & Jane Taylor; narrated by Vanessa Williams
De Colores
a Traditional Fold Song, read by Jessica Alba
The Wind on the Hill
by A. A. Milne, read by Caroline Kennedy
The Months
by Sarah Coleridge, read by Kenneth Branagh
April Rain Song
by Langston Hughes, read by Liev Schreiber
It is a Pleasant Day
by Eliza Lee Follen, read by Laura Linney
And the ‘Roo Jumped Over the Moon
by David Henry Souter, read by Liev Schreiber
Ducks
by Mary Ann Hoberman, read by Owen Wilson
The Frog by Hilaire Belloc, read by Whoopi Goldberg
Once They All Believed in Dragons
by Jack Prelutsky, read by John Leguizamo
Mice
by Rose Fyleman, read by Katie Holmes
Loretta, thank you for sharing about your book and songs. I wish you success with your publishing! I will take a look with my grandchildren. Nana
My name is Loretta Haynes and I am a preschool teacher, writer, author of a fun book, Ten Little Pennies For Some Bubble Gum. I also write songs and wonderful poems for preschoolers. My book is a fun book that includes family, my book and bubblegum. It is a wonderful way to share family time and laughter because as you are reading my story you can have fun in engaging reading and chewing bubblegum at the same time. Oh what memories that may bring. I also have a single on ITUNES about Goldie Locks and the three Bears with a little bit of a twist. My preschoolers love it when I tell that story because there is always a lesson learned in a fun way in my songs and stories. I have a fun poem called “The Mystery socks. A smile can not help but happen and even laughter.
I am really passionate about writing songs and stories for children and families because learning through words helps to promote self help skills, creativity and social skills . My book is on Xlibris and I have and promote my own cds with the bubble gum song on them. I hope you can get a chance to take a look at my book , my songs and my cds. My songs some of them on on Raidio Airplay.
Thank you
Loretta Haynes
My grandchildren love these poems, as do I. Are they available in a book? I would love to read them at bedtime to my grandchildren.