Help Your Children Write Original Mother's Day Poems

Poetry can be many things to many different people. Finding the right greeting card that contains exactly the sentiment you're looking for is not only time consuming but probably impossible especially when you're a child looking for exactly the right way to tell your mom you love her and/or what she means to you.
Mother's Day is the time of year when most children (and many spouses) take a day to honor Mother. Children can use this opportunity to tell their Moms how great they are by purchasing something from the local greeting card store but those cards are often displayed for a few days and then thrown out. The hand-made I-wrote-you-a-poem card is much more likely to go into the sock drawer or the scrapbook and is guaranteed to make Mother's Day truly great. Doilies, pretty stationery, a small clay pot or even a solid colored pot holder could all make great vessels for the poem. (Clearly not all of these options are scrap book appropriate.)

Depending on the age of your child, you might not have to give them much guidance, other than the suggestion to simply create the poem. If your child is too young to write on his/her own, you can certainly lend a hand, but wherever possible, allow the child as much creative freedom as possible. It does not matter to Mom that her child colored outside the lines or that apple doesn't rhyme with cool. Knowing that the poem came from the heart is the most important thing, and that is what your child should hear as well.

Poetry is sometimes feared or considered hard and for that reason, reading some simple, possibly silly poems to your child can help to show them that poetry can be fun and easy.

If your child is stuck, consider probing him/her with questions, such as, How much do you love Mommy If the answer is, I love her more than applesauce! that can be part of the poem.

Again, age is a consideration and for very young children a picture might be worth more than words. (A hand drawn picture of Mommy and an I love you would be a fine poem for a 3 year old, for example.)