Ready to Make Friends with Poetry? ⟶
With summer in full swing, where parents (and grandparents) find themselves planning all manner of activities for kids, it’s hard to know how to balance fun and play with a little bit of learning. In this blog post, we cover a few simple poetry activities that will keep kids learning (without even knowing it) all…
Summer is almost here! With kids nearly out of school (where I live in Seattleland there are two weeks of school left) it’s time to make your Summer Reading List. Then it’s time to find a pocket of time to sit down with a good summer read. Whether you’re a homeschool parent or grandparent, the…
And resources to get you started April is National Poetry Month… and if you are on the fence about adding poetry to your homeschool rhythms I am here as your Poetry Evangelist with Nine Reasons (points? facets? features?) to encourage you to make friends with poetry. It is no secret in my conversations with Home…
Complaints are afoot in certain close quarters That my poems don’t rhyme, they’re merely imposters. The grandchildren ask me, “Is that how you write one? I’m not really sure, Nana, your kind’s the right one.” “There’re no matching endings, really no reasoning. It’s like eating roast beef without any seasoning. Tasteless and boring, and lacking…