Performance Poems for Kids

Fun Performance Poems for Kids

Dad's and the Doctor's Surgery
(Source: A Cup of Giggles A Saucer of Dreams)

I'm in the doctor's surgery
waiting with my dad;
he's coughing, and he's wheezing
he looks really bad!
I'm feeling very worried,
and I don't know what to do;
he's always been so healthy -
I think he has the 'flu.
Mum said he's to go to bed
and get a lot of rest;
but he has to have a needle first
to clear up all his chest.
MUM'S had LOTS of needles!
Dad says "It's a cinch!
It doesn't hurt at all,
no more than a little pinch!"

Oh, it's our turn now!... Here we go...
I hope he'll be all right. We'll soon know...

The doctor has the needle ready,
dad's rolling up his sleeve;
I have to turn my head away,
my stomach's start to heave...
"er...er....dad......er...
I'll wait by the door..."
I'm glad my dad is big and brave -
What's that!... he's hit the floor!
He only pricked your finger, dad;
the rest is still to come!
I think he's FAINTED, doctor!...
Please don't tell my mum!

By Annette Kosseris

FUN performance POEMS for CHILDREN, both comical and sensitive, for reading and/or performing. Written by prize-winning adult Australian poets from refreshingly believable child-like perspectives. Suitable for children 4-16 years. All books edited by Annette Kosseris ATCL, LKSDA, ASDA, LSDA.

If you have not read these titles, you should try to get one. It is the most refreshing of reading and very enjoyable. Children 4+ will enjoy the light approach to poem.

Writer/Publisher

About Annette Kosseris (Sydney, NSW. Australia)

Born Yass NSW, Australia.

Poet/ Teacher and adjudicator of Speech & Drama.

Author of 450 poems for children.

Many of her poems have been published by educational publishers in Germany, Singapore and India. She has been published by School Magazine.

Co-author and publisher of poetry books:

7-10 and Back Again (first published 1977 - now out of print)

Up to Six & Over (first published 1982 - now out of print)

A Cup of Giggles A Saucer of Dreams (first published 1994)

More Giggles and Dreams (first published 1997)

Here We Go Again (first published 1999)

Giggles & Woes and Anything Goes (first published 2002)

Moving On With Giggles & Dreams (first published 2004)

Gooey Chewy & other Junior Giggles & Dreams - (Published 2005)

Two musicals for children written by Annette in collaboration with Margaret Speter. They were "Boots" (1992) and "The Odyssy" (1993).

In 1995, Annette published "Touch Me" (religious poetry by Sister Gwen Flynn CSB).

Annette visits infant and primary schools by appointment and enjoys reading and interpreting poetry from her books with the children and teachers in all classes, kindergarten to year 6.

She has adjudicated Speech & Drama eisteddfods throughout NSW and Queensland.

Some of her poetry has been published in educational books in Germany by Klett Publishing. (Learning English "Password Orange", and Learning English "Swift 2") and in educational books in Singapore (Readamania - "My Pals are Here R.S.V.P") published by Marshall Cavendish International (Singapore) Private Limited. Her poetry has also published in Australia in School Magazine, and her books are on The Premier's Reading Challenge List.

The six "Giggles & Dreams" anthologies of Performance Poems for children have all been reviewed by "Reading Time" The Children's Book Council of Australia and have all been awarded the LOGO of EXCELLENCE in their category.

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