Activity Overview
Limericks are one of the most fun forms of poetry. The reason limericks are so much fun is because they are short, funny, they rhyme, and have a bouncy rhythm that makes them easy to memorize, and they are all unique.
Write and share limericks with one another as a family activity and encourage creative thinking and writing while keeping the mood light and humorous. Adults and children alike will enjoy creating and sharing these silly poems with one another.
Follow these simple rules before you begin writing.
- They are five lines long.
- Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another.
- Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.
- They have a distinctive rhythm
- They are usually funny.
Materials Needed
How to Do It
- Choose the name of a person or place and write the first line.
- Brainstorm for words that rhyme with your person or place name.
- Write line 2 and 5 to rhyme with the first line of your poem.
- Now write lines 3 and 4 using a different different rhyming sound.
Examples:
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
The Ballerina
There once was a girl named Tina,
Who wanted to be a ballerina,
She went up on ten toes,
Broke her teeth and her nose,
And now only can dine on pastina.
