This Tuesday, April 28th, is Great Poetry Reading Day! I personally got hooked on poetry in second grade. A classmate’s father visited our class to read poetry to us and several of the poems were by Shel Silverstein. It was delightful and hilarious and obviously very memorable. I even remember going home and telling my…
April is National Poetry Month. Poetry can be difficult for children to create. It’s tough to wrap your brain around a form of literature that emphasizes expression and a distinct feeling of rhythm. (What?!) That’s why haiku is a lovely way to ease children into poetry. It’s simple–and it’s fun! See my morning haiku above….
What would our world be like without trees? I shudder to even imagine! There’s a good chance we might all be gasping for air! Trees provide us with enormous amounts of oxygen, they absorb carbon, they give us shade, they reduce noise pollution, and the list goes on and on. Why all the tree talk?…