Poems and Rhymes for Special Times with Children
Seasonal Verses and Playful Rhymes for Home or School
by Wendalyn von Meyenfeldt

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Come along and play with me. I wonder who we’ll chance to see. (I think I spy a rabbit.) Hip hop, the rabbit hops Lightly o’er the clover tops. Springing down the garden trail, Flashing white his fluffy tail, Hip hop, the rabbit hops. Come along and play with me. I wonder who we’ll chance to see. (I think I spy a mouse.) Tiptoe, the mouse will go Softly through the meadow so. From fairies and elves to snowflakes and snails, Poems and Rhymes for Special Times with Children is a collection of seasonal verses and playful rhymes for a parent or teacher to share with children ages four to eight. The poems celebrate connection to nature and the seasons as well as imagination and fun, and can be brought into movement in circle time, or accompany other learning and creative activities both at home and at school. Suggestions for how the verses can be used and enjoyed are provided throughout the book, with sections at the end on the importance of poetry for children and notes for teachers.

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Wendalyn von Meyenfeldt has taught children ages four to twelve for many years, as well as adults in Waldorf teacher-training courses. She has further diplomas in movement work (Eurythmy) and therapy (Therapeutic Eurythmy). She is the author of Dancing Stories: For Movement and Circle Time with Young Children (2024) and is a regular contributor to several early childhood journals. Wendalyn was moved to write, for both pleasure and practical reasons—needing material for creative movement lessons and for other special times. She has “danced” these poems and verses with many children in kindergarten classes and the early grades! A mother and an adoring grandmother, she lives with her spouse and Purroo, their cat, on a rural property on a beautiful island off the west coast of British Columbia.

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Contributors

Author

Wendalyn von Meyenfeldt

Illustrator

Aletha Heyman