Tip #16:
Read Some Poetry Today!
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to get to sit around with Colby and listen to third graders read her some dog poems. Time well-spent...
I love reading poems with Fran and Claude. Claudia is really into nursery rhymes and I absolutely love it. I just checked out
Here's a Little Poem for Claudia; it's fabulous selection of poems with joyful, expressive illustrations. I think she'll love this one:
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From "Here's a Little Poem"...a little Gertrude Stein for the Claude... |
And Fran has been enjoying
Toasting Marshmallows (Camping poems since MIRM has a camp theme!) and we have
I Didn't Do It on hold at AADL (the follow up book to
Once I Ate A Pie.) I also think he's just prime for the goofy, rhyme-y stuff that kids love (and I poo-poo, but totally loved as a child) along the lines of Prelutsky and Silverstein.

I can't believe I haven't published Fran's famous Fog Poem yet on the blog. I recited Sandburg's fog poem with the little cat feet and silent haunches while driving him to school one foggy morning, and Fran had a different image in his version, which he barked at me from the back of the mini-van:
He's not always a prolific poet-- legos and basement sports do keep him so busy-- but he has some
really good ones.
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