Education schools ought to make this required reading for anyone wishing to teach English in the primary grades.

Kenneth Koch, poet, explains how he teaches children to write poetry. Includes samples of the children's (great) poems.
Kenneth Koch is both sensible and inventive in his approach to teaching children how to write poetry. He understands the importance of physical detail, repetition, and knows how and when to pinch kids in order to get them to think big (but not get lost in boneless generalities). Great for anybody who has a group of children on hand for a few hours and needs to give them something to do. His instructions and models can actually be followed, or tweaked, without that much difficulty. ( )