Welcome to Poetry Basket 2: Themes
Bring the joy and rhythm of poetry to your classroom through diverse themes children love.
Poetry Basket 2: Themes is an online collection of 60 poems for ages 2 to 7, each brought to life through video and engaging topics. Designed to enhance vocabulary, memory, and creative expression, it makes poetry a regular and exciting part of the EYFS and Year 1 experience, supporting learning across a wide range of themes
Part of the Story Diet: Poetry Basket 2 develops language, memory, and creativity across favourite themes, enriching the ideas and expression children bring to Helicopter Stories.
Explore Programme Details
There are two ways to pay: online for instant access, or by invoice (set up within 48 hours)
10% of every purchase supports the Story Access Fund, helping more children experience the power of story.
What’s in Your Basket: Themes
60 engaging video tutorials
Each poem has an accompanying video to display on your interactive whiteboards or you can learn it yourself to teach to your children. Every poem is repeated three times to boost memory, language and confidence.
Ten downloadable poetry booklets
You’ll receive ten downloadable poetry booklets, one for each theme, making it easy to weave poetry into your daily routine and share with parents and caregivers.
Join the Poetry Basket community
Get exclusive access to The Poetry Basket community, where you can participate in our Over to You programme, and take part in our annual poetry competition.
A World of Themes to Explore:
Take children on a journey with poems about farmyard animals, roaring dinosaurs, buzzing insects, heroic superheroes, and adventures by the seaside to enrich their understanding of the world around them.
All About Me
Dinosaurs
Emotions
Down on the Farm
Superheroes
Insects and Mini beasts
Space
The Seaside
Animals
Weather and the Natural World
Watch Poetry Basket 2: Themes in Action
Tailored Learning Experiences
- Develop Core Language Skills: Poems are carefully crafted to improve speech, language development, and vocabulary through rhythm and rhyme, supporting phonetic understanding and memory.
- Foster Inclusivity: With materials that cater to SEND and EAL students, every child finds their voice through reciting the poems, building confidence and a sense of belonging.
- Creative Expression: Children are encouraged to express themselves and interpret poems creatively, bolstering their confidence and engagement through performance.
Poetry Basket 2: Themes explores a world of topics through rhythm and rhyme, inspiring children to build language, creativity, and curiosity across ten engaging themes.
There are two ways to pay
- Pay by invoice. This takes up to 48 hours to set up.
- Online using a credit/debit card, giving you instant access to the programme.
Programme Includes
- 14 Lessons
- 63 Topics
Ratings and Reviews
Debbie Lindley
The poems are really easy to learn and the videos support with the rhythm.
Lisa Scott-Thacker
We regularly dip into The Poetry Baskets, for poems linked to topics and special events. Recently my Reception class performed a space themed poem from the basket for World Poetry Day. They were confident and able to stand up in a whole class assembly and perform it from memory, remembering all the words and actions! They love the videos, especially seeing other children performing.
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Wendy Abbott
My children love the poetry basket, it gives them oracy skills, new vocabulary and the confidence to use their voices. The videos are fantastic and the children are very engaged with them. Thanks!
Amelia Key
Our Nursery children love the weekly poems
Karen Hadfield
such wide reaching benefits instantly for a broad spectrum of children. so magical and special . A must.
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Sam Rodgers
Another excellent resource which children and adults love. We have used poetry basket as a weekly planning resource and add activities to enhance the learning and recall of the poem, such as making rockets from boxes,creating snowmen or dressing up and creating a dance. All children in the class have progressed in their language development and love of words.
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Jane Kendall
My class absolutely loves the poetry basket - it is probably the high light of our day! I have many children with SEND or EAL and this resources has had a huge impact on their language development...it is simply so visual. FANTASTIC!
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Maria Burns
Excellent ready to go and use to incorporate resources
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Aileen Parry
The children in my childminding setting are already asking for poetry basket on the iPad. They have picked up on the words and actions really quickly including 2 year olds. I am really enjoying their enthusiasm.
We learn a poem a week in reception and it has built the self confidence of all our children. We have one SEN child who only puts 2 words together when talking and he stands up in front of the class and recites the poem each week. A good range of poems too!