Take 2 minutes today to read the wickedly delightful poem HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE with your kids
How to improve kids’ reading & vocabulary development AND teach Poetry in just 2 minutes a day… Charming and delightful and oh-so-wicked… words that entice children and make them smile! This little poem by 19th century poet/author Lewis Carroll will have your children smiling almost as gently wickedly as the little crocodile in the poem [...]
How to teach a poem to kids
January 5, 2012 by Sharon
Filed under Poetry, Reading Development & Improvement, Sharon
It’s never too early to teach kids about Poems & Poetry. I have living proof… My very young grandsons, Ben & Henry, will remember running to the back of my shed to see my RED WHEELBARROW with its glazed rainwater turning to ice. They will never forget the stone chicken skating on the glazed ice [...]
Day 11 – 31 Letters Literacy Project – “Window Shopping”
March 11, 2011 by Sharon
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Day 11 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is about WINDOW SHOPPING. Have you ever stopped to look at something in a store window? Has this thing enticed you to purchase it? Today’s letter topic is WINDOW SHOPPING, inspired by the poem Red Slippers that we bumped into on Day 11 of 365 Days of [...]
The 31 Letters Project – Day 8 – “Make Up Your Mind”
March 8, 2011 by Sharon
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Day 8 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is about making up our minds! As adults, we’re always telling our kids, “Make up your mind!”… whether it’s about an outfit to wear, a book or toy or movie or game to choose, a hairstyle, a radio station to listen to, or something as simple as [...]
31 Letters – Day 6 – “A Dog Bond”
March 6, 2011 by Sharon
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Day 6 of 31 Letters is inspired by a poem we bumped into on Day 6 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids. The poem is GERMAN SHEPHERD by Myra Cohn Livingston: He has never heard of tides, of moon and sun pulling the water to ebb, to flow. All that he can know is [...]
31 Letters – Day 5. “One Wish”
March 5, 2011 by Sharon
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Think about these things for a minute… When we read with children and encourage reading, we promote language skills, reading skills, writing skills and speaking skills. We help develop longer attention spans. When we take time to focus on reading with children in our families, we strengthen family ties. Reading is one of the greatest [...]
Day 4: The 31 Letters Project – “One Extraordinary Moment”
March 4, 2011 by Sharon
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The 31 Letters Project is a magical way to excite your children about literacy. The 31 Letters Project is a month’s-worth of letters about YOU, sent to your own children (or grandchildren, nieces, nephews, special friends) through the mail. It’s that simple on the outside. On the inside, your letters will delight children enough for [...]
Day 2 of 31 Letters – “My First Journey”
March 2, 2011 by Sharon
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LITERACY is all about WORDS – Written, Spoken, Felt. It is the most amazing and magical feeling to see and hear words that come to life in letters. In our 31 Letters Project, your children will have the feeling each day for 31 days to live and re-live the experiences of YOUR childhood… in your [...]
Day 60: 31 LETTERS — 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
March 1, 2011 by Sharon
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The 31 Letters Project. It’s March. And we’re marching into March with LETTER WRITING. Grab your writing materials and get ready to give your child/children, grandchildren, niece/nephew/special friend a wonderful gift… 31 LETTERS all about YOU in your own words. 31 Letters arriving in the mail. LITERACY is all about WORDS – experimenting with words, [...]
Day 57: 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
February 26, 2011 by Sharon
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Children love words. Children love zestful, spirited words that add size, color, description and dimension to reading, writing and speaking. Two such words can be found at the very end of the alphabet… waiting to be discovered and used: 1. zestful – flavored, spirited, enjoyable; full of zest, characterized by keen enjoyment. What to love [...]
