Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Babysitter Compilation | HD REMASTERED | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

00:00 Babysitter
04:18 The Bus - unfortunately there is a glitch in this video from the master recording
05:44 I Think
06:07 The Hypnotiser
08:03 The Project


These poems could make great starting points for English lessons for kids
For example:
Why not share this clip - learn about technology
Discuss performance poetry - what does it make you think?
Look at other Michael Rosen poems - which ones do you like, why?
How does Michael's work compare and contrast with another poet?
Teachers or Homeschoolers - work with your kids to create your own performance piece for selected poems.
Pupils could create their own story poems about favourite foods, strict teachers or a Bear Hunt.
OR
Use this as a inspiration to start you're own independent research on Michael Rosen.





Who is Michael Rosen?
My first book for children was called Mind Your Own Business and it came out in 1974. Quentin Blake did wonderful line drawings for it.

Ever since then, I've been doing these things:

Writing books

Writing articles for newspapers and magazines

Going to schools, libraries and theatres and performing the poems in my books

Helping children write poems and stories

Making radio programmes, mostly about words, language or books

Appearing on TV, either reading books, or talking about books

Teaching at universities about children's literature

Running workshops for teachers about poetry

and now - beatboxing

In any week, I might be doing all of these things! To tell the truth, I don't really know what I'm doing tomorrow, unless I look in my diary to see.

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