Ready to Make Friends with Poetry? ⟶
You don’t have to be a poetry expert—or find an hour in your already-full school day—to help kids make friends with poetry. Discover 5 simple ways to teach poetry to kids, plus learn how poetry builds vocabulary, strengthens listening skills, encourages careful reading, and inspires kids to write. Homeschool parents and classroom teachers have a…
What are your kid’s favorite poems? Ask any parent, teacher or poetry lover what poems are their favorites and you’ll get 15 different answers. Well, and maybe a few overlaps. I did just that recently—surveyed a group of parents, grandparents, and teachers and asked them to name the top 15 poems every kid should know….
And FREE resources to get you started In conversations with Homeschool Parents About including poetry in homeschool rhythms They usually respond they can’t: When it comes to schedules, as a retired classroom teacher, I know how difficult it can be to squeeze in all the creative content we think we should be covering in a…
There’s more than one way to write a poem. Folks often feel intimidated about how to write poetry—I get it; I’ve been there. But Art journaling offers a way to venture into expressing oneself with words and pictures both and thus create a poem, a made thing, (the definition of poem from the Greek word poiema)….
Frequency There was always a tune in the heart of God A song that He sang over us. The melody came with a note from above A chorus from the Father of love. But the tune met resistance-titanium, stone Even water that blocked all the notes. Was everyone drowning, message nullified, absorbed? Perhaps the enchantment…
Where I’m From I am from doughboy pools and homemade Barbie housesfrom Huffy bikes and Helms Bakery donuts.I am from three sisters to a room and broad green bermuda lawns.I am from bright sandy beaches and weeping willowswhose drooping green sheltered me from California’s sun.I am from Coppertone and Sun-Infrom Helen and Wes and John.I am…