Welcome to Poetry Basket 1: Seasons
Celebrate the rhythm of the year and ignite a love of poetry in your classroom
Poetry Basket 1: Seasons is an online collection of 40 lesser-known children’s rhymes for ages 2 to 7, each brought to life through video and seasonal themes. Designed to enhance vocabulary, memory, and creative expression, it makes poetry a regular and exciting part of the EYFS and Year 1 experience, helping children connect with the changing world around them.
Part of the Story Diet: Poetry Basket 1 grows vocabulary, rhythm, and memory through seasonal rhymes, providing the language skills that deepen Helicopter Stories play and storytelling.
Want to go even further with poetry?
Alongside these 40 seasonal poems from Poetry Basket 1, you can also explore Poetry Basket 2, with 60 themed poems on dinosaurs, mini-beasts, emotions, space and more. Together, they make a rich and varied collection to draw on throughout the year, deepening vocabulary, rhythm, and joy across your setting.
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: Seasons
40 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.
Four seasonal poetry booklets
You’ll receive four downloadable poetry booklets, one for each season, 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.
Journey through the seasons
Take children on a journey with poems about building snowmen in winter, jumping in puddles in spring, making pancakes, and watching summer thunderstorms to enrich their understanding of the changing year.
Explore the poems in Welsh
The poems are also available with Welsh audio and downloadable words – perfect for introducing or celebrating the language in your teaching.
Croeso i’r fasged gerddi. Mae fersiwn sain ar gael o dan y fideo. Mae copi o’r geiriau ar gael I lawrlwytho yn y ddwy iaith.
Watch Poetry Basket 1: Seasons 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 1: Seasons brings the changing year into your classroom through rhythm and rhyme, helping young learners connect their experiences to language, creativity, and the world around them.
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
- 8 Lessons
- 43 Topics
Ratings and Reviews
Michelle Bell
The children love the poems and actions and can recall them really well.
Chris Rayner
I love it! The kids love it ! The parents love it !
Debbie Lindley
The children love these poems, its so fantastic to see them recite them independently.
Clair Goodwin
These poems are so catchy and easy to use, my children amaze me at how quickly they pick up the words. I can hear them reciting them to their parents and to each other during provision. They love the actions and look forward to a new poem each week.
Clare Carpenter
The children respond really positively to the poems and actions A great addition to the curriculum
Jennie Haughton
Great poems, easy to learn. Children love them.
Michael Doughty
My children are so passionate about it and some of their younger siblings have also recited the poems to me that their brothers and sisters have taught them.
Katie Keier
My kindergarteners LOVE the poems. Thank you for the easy to access resource to joyful poetry that can be acted out and loved by children.
Patrington Primary
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Cannot believe how well my nursery children are able to remember the poems! Amazing.