Migration Books & Poetry

In National Geographic's classroom lesson on Cardinal Directions and Maps, they suggest starting out the activity with a Migration Poem. I actually really like the idea of reading a migration poem but I don't at all like the one they picked.

Here are some I found in my poetry collection. If you have other suggestions to add to this list of Migration Books & Poetry, let me know!

Going Home: The Mystery of Animal Migration
by Marianne Berkes

I Wonder How, I Wonder Why by Aileen Fisher
"Who Tells the Swallows?"

Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky
by Georgia Heard
"Migration," p.15

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
by Joyce Sidman
"Dream of the Tundra Swan," p.6

Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
by Robert Frost
"The Last Word of a Bluebird," p.19

Of course, there's also

Song of the Swallows
by Leo Politi


The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong

Migration is a topic which perfectly connects our Monarch project in Nature Study with our exploration of the compass in Mapmaking. And talking about poems leads us beautifully into our Chancery Script/Poetry block next week!

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