Our children have two very different parents when it comes to messy play!

Mud – do you love it or hate it? Much like Marmite, it divides opinion in this house. This poem is lots of fun to perform and children enjoy joining in with different actions – the bulging eyes are a big favourite!

Have a go at writing a poem with lots of actions which can be performed. Perhaps you’ll write about something which people have strong views about such as broccoli, cats vs dogs or folding the pages of books to mark your place…