Poetry challenge 2013

[arvi]

We've been doing this for the past 2 or 3 months. We are also doing poetry teatimes as mentioned in BraveWriter's article http://www.bravewriter.com/bwl/poetry-teatimes/
My goal for this year would be to memorise 2-4 poems in a month.

Karma for others for mentioning very interesting poetry books.

[seastar]

Loving all the recommendations!

I received a beautiful gift today - the AA Milne book of poetry. I already have the audiobook read by Peter Dennis, which I highly recommend. Anyway, we started the book this evening and it was a HUGE hit.

Will I edit the initial post so all the recommendations are in one place at the start of the thread?

[bella]

We love AA Milne poetry books  my kids cannot have enough of them , and i just found the audio on apple store . We started memorizing poems with first language lessons . they have a system like one poem a week and you do review of already memorized poems and learn new ones . tina is so good at it and so quick , it takes her only few times reading the poem to recite it all from memory .
will check other books we have .
viv

[Skylark]

Viv, thank you for suggestions! We have never read AA Milne poetry, so we will give it a try!

Today we did "WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod,” by Eugene Field (1850-95) and also found lovely animation and song to go with it!
 
http://earlyeducationessentials.com/wynken-blynken-and-nod-by-eugene-field-1850-95/

So, we are planning to play the song in the car, and memorize it!

[waterdreamer]

Tamsyn made a good point in the Reading Challenge post about this being a record for her and not taking attendance of each child.

That made me think about this challenge(I'm only doing the reading with my youngest since my oldest is working on chapter books. I have been wondering how to get both boys doing the poetry challenge. I think I'm going to write the title down and put either a W or a Z next to it and take it from there. That way if they are together I can read a new poem, or if one of them missed out and I have that child alone I can share that poet with that child.

[bella]

A child's garden of verses is another favourite . i have an audio songs that goes with it . we love it .

AAMilne : Now we are six -when we were very young
Joyce Sidman : Butterfly eyes and other secrets of the meadow .
twinkle twinkle chocolate bar ; rhymes for the very young compiled by John foster

i have more just need ot find them on our shelves
xxx

[bella]

All by herself poems by Ann Whitford paul , very inspiring poems about 14 girls who made a difference ( tina loves it )
footprints on the roof ( poems about the earth )
found in a garage sale : Collins Treasury of poetry , lovely selection and illustrations , my kids are very visual , although they can  enjoy a chapter book , but books with special illustrations are big hit with them .

Skylark , i was htinking maybe we can compile links of you tbe animated poems or books that can accompany our readings ??
xxx
viv

[Kerileanne99]

It turns out that the 2013 poetry challenge may be HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH!

Okay Seastar, Skylark, and others who convinced me that setting a goal this year to include more poetry was a fantastic idea-I am SO blaming you guys for this    

I kid you not, after reading our poem today....my daughter ATE A WORM

We read The Worm by Ralph Bergengren today because it went along with our project of redoing the worm farm/compost bin. Here it is:

The Worm
When the earth is turned in Spring
The worms are fat as anything.
The birds come flying all around
To eat the worms right off the ground.
They like worms as much as I
Like bread and milk and apple pie.
And once, when I was very young,
I put a worm right on my tongue.
I didn't like the taste a bit,
And so I didn't swallow it.
But oh, it makes my mother squirm
Because she thinks I ate that worm!

Yeah. You can imagine what happened...
I am quite sure she didn't intend for it to happen  
My cheeky little girl was trying to tease mommy and said, "Look, mommy, just like the...(insert  visual of dangling a slippery baby worm over wide-open mouth, a slip, a surprised cough/gag!)". Cue the horrified look of shock, crocodile tears, etc

Yikes, Drama!
All is well and good, and soon she was excitedly explaining to daddy the graphic details of the ultimate fate of the worm as it makes its way through her digestive system...ewww! I totally vetoed her suggestion that we keep a magnifying glass in the bathroom  

I guess I shall have to think these things through before selecting the poems...

[Mandabplus3]

                 Bahahahahaha                         

[lelask]

 
It might be a possibility she will remember the poem for life! Experimental learning 
I have not said Saska about it as since she thinks Alex is her friend she would probably tried it too 
Currently she carries a dead fish around (it jumped out of our fishtank) maybe I should find a poem related to fish
Thanks for posting the poem here!!

[Krista G]

Yuck!!  How funny, though!  A neighbor once came to my home looking for his sister and I teased him and said we were eating fried worms for dinner.  He went and picked up a worm from the sidewalk and ate it!  I was disgusted.

You should read her the book How to Eat Friend Worms.  I think that is what it is called.  She will probably like it.

This is hilarious, at least to me.

[Mela Bala]

Skylark I love your blog    you have inspired me to join the poetry challenge so instead of once in awhile we will read poetry everyday.
We have enjoyed reading from The Elements in Poetry - poems about water, poems about earth and poems about air.

[Skylark]

Keri, so-o funny!!

That reminds me our caterpillar episode. My kids love "Hermie: A Common Caterpillar" book, so... when caterpillars attacked our garden, not only I had no help in gathering them, my kids were actively saving all the "hermie"s 

Mela Bala, thank you! We've been traveling for a few days and did not update it. But.. we are back.

Actually, I need some motivation to keep on doing it! It really helps me to put things together for review and future use with our new LO, but it is so easy to just not do it. So... if I know others reading it, it will help me to feel accountable   

[seastar]

Keri - that is so funny!

We were having spaghetti for dinner this evening and Sophie spent much of the meal pretending she was eating worms. I read her the worm poem and she fell around the place laughing!

Thank you everyone for all the ideas and motivation. I really did not like poetry in school and I am determined not to pass that on to my kids 

[lzp11]

  
Keri - that is so funny!
Beware the hazards of poetry!!

I am amazed how popular our poetry reading session has become already. I read a few poems at lunchtime and E is loving it! We have some little books called Read Me Poetry with a range of fun kids poems.  I've also ordered Now We Are Six and can't wait for that to arrive.

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