Need inspiration for hosting poetry teatime with your homeschool group? I've got a year of homeschool co-op poetry teatime themes waiting for you here!
Tips to start your own poetry tea party tradition in your homeschool. Includes easy banana bread treat from Original KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP and suggestions.
What is poetry tea time and why is it all the rage with homeschool families? I'm sharing why we joined in on the tradition & giving tips to help you start.
Some call it their Morning Basket; others call it Morning Time; and still others call it Poetry Tea Time. Whatever you choose to call it, one of the most special things you can do with your childre…
Poetry Tea Time is something we've been doing for a few months now in our homeschool and I've had a few people ask about it. I first came across the idea
Incorporate poetry tea time into your homeschool routine and help your children learn to enjoy poetry without the stress of studying it!
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Are you wanting to teach poetry to your children or lead a poetry class for your co-op? Here are some great poetry activities for early elementary homeschoolers! First Things First Read poetry out loud (everyday if you can). Maybe this goes without saying, but it is so important that I’m saying it anyways! More than anything, your …
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One of the best poems to enjoy during winter with tea time and homeschool art is the renowned Robert Frost's, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening.
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Poetry Tea Time is something we've been doing for a few months now in our homeschool and I've had a few people ask about it. I first came across the idea
Are you looking for a homeschool co-op class idea? You may want to consider this delightful class which included tea, treats, and Beatrix Potter stories!
There are many ways to add some enchantment to your homeschool day. And there are many ways to introduce your kiddos to the art and beauty of poetry. But one of our favorite family traditions has been to combine poetry and enchantment in the practice of Poetry Teatime. This might…
From videos to haiku to poetry slams, there's something to pique every student's interest.
Second Grade Charlotte Mason This year for second grade we've jumped full force into Charlotte Mason homeschooling. Prior to this, I considered us eclectic homeschoolers. I relied heavily upon homeschool curriculum. This year we're using what Charlotte Mason calls “living books”. About Charlotte Mason Homeschooling If you're unfamiliar with Charlotte Mason I encourage you
Poetry writing activities include: Haiku, Expand a Poem, and Strikeout! Perfect for your literacy centers, National Poetry Day, and National Poetry Month! I love teaching poetry! Poetry writing represents an opportunity for your students to truly exercise their minds. The teaching and learning of poetry does not have to be drudgery. Yes, students do need to learn the basics like poetry terms and genres, but why not start your poetry unit with some fun activities? Give them a chance to play with the language. This will help them develop confidence and enjoyment. I encourage you to write poetry alongside your students. Let them hear you working out problems in your own writing. Share your poetry with your students. Ask them for help and advice. By developing a community of writers, your students will want to take chances with their writing because they’ll feel safe in doing so. The completed poetry quilt squares make a stunning bulletin board display! Here's what you get: Teacher directions and lesson plans 5 different poetry quilt squares for students to display their writing Full color sample of 3 different poetry quilt squares Poetry peer conferencing form *Note: I did not supply a rubric for this creative activity. This is in accordance with my educational philosophy as listed in my profile. Sometimes it's good to just let the students create and learn just for education's sake. Supplies needed: Colored pencils Sharpies or other markers Scissors If you like this creative product, you may also like: A.C.E.S. Squares Poetry With Friends--Earth Day Edition! keywords: poetry, quilt squares, art, creative, bulletin board displays, National Poetry Month, April, creative writing, National Poetry Day, captivatemotivateeducate, art
As a look back on our school year, I want to share a bit of our formal keeping from this past year. My Year 5 students kept three special notebooks in addition to their nature journals (which I share photos of every so often anyway and won't include here): their History Notebook, their Science Notebook, and their Prose and Poetry Notebook. In my post on our School Plans for this year, I detailed the way we would be using these books -- frequency, purpose, format, and so on. (Here are my write-ups for Year 5 and Form I.) So I'll share a short description here, but for more information, head over there. And then if you have further questions, ask away! From my Year 5 Students Their history notebooks contain their written narrations for the year in that subject (both for This Country of Ours and their historical biography in Term 3), as well as mapwork, lists, charts, and other keeping they chose to do. The first half of the photos belong to Vincent and the second to Gianna. As you can see, they have very different styles and their individual strengths and interests shine through in their notebooks, which is why Charlotte Mason-style notebooking is different than other more cookie-cutter, static forms. (By the way, the pictures below feature the EcoQua notebooks I bought for our Year 5 keeping. We love them and will definitely be using them in the future.) Their science notebooks were simpler, holding only their weekly written narration for that subject: Their Prose and Poetry Notebooks, which are basically a precursor to a commonplace book, are below. They wrote in this notebook in lieu of copywork for ten minutes weekly. They were able to choose their selection. Interestingly, both chose to include large amounts of Hiawatha, which we read in Term 2. But the rest was a mish-mash of poetry, famous speeches, bits from Kim and Shakespeare, and more. All three of these notebooks will continue into next year. The History Notebook will be used in Term 1 before we move into a proper Book of Centuries with the new history rotation in Term 2. Their Science and Prose and Poetry Notebooks are about half-full and will continue to hold their work for those subjects. From my Form I students Cate in Year 2 and Xavier in Year 1 had simple keeping on their weekly schedule: an entry in their binder timeline and on their current map. They also had the option of making animal cards to go along with the Burgess Animal Book, which they opted to do just about every week, and that they did independently. At the end of the year, we made those into a little book for each of them. And from me! I kept a few things alongside my Year 5 kids this year: a world map, a United States map, and a century chart. These were very educative to work on -- and also quite fun! I also always keep one commonplace book dedicated to school readings, and Year 5 featured very prominently in that this year -- Halliburton, Kipling, Dickens, Helen Keller, John Muir... In addition to these examples above and to our individual nature journals, we keep two collections as a family: a Calendar of Firsts and a Family Poetry Notebook. They are both housed in the same binder. We began keeping our Calendar of Firsts back in 2013, so this is our fourth year of data! And our poetry notebook are all of the poems each child has learned, illustrated and added to the pile. We began that when Gianna and Vincent were in kindergarten and have dozens and dozens of poems included now. That is a look at our year on paper!
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I really value a lot of the classics. We definitely don't just read classics (which you'll realize right away when you look at our book lists), but there
First, I share what thoughts I had as we finished up our first term in a Charlotte Mason education. Next, I write a list of living books we will use during the second term. Finally, I include Charlotte Mason exam resources. Thoughts About our First Term When we finished our first term exam week, I sat down […]
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Hello Everyone!! This is my favorite time of the school year. We are finishing up our testing, the kids have become quite independent with everything, they have become readers and writers, they have become problem solvers, I could go on and on! I want to share some of their darling work and a couple of free units. First off, after the big chick hatching extravaganza, I decided to have the kids write about what they would do if they had a baby chick. From what they wrote, they would make great chick owners! I then let them create a chick! All I gave them was a yellow circle. They turned out so cute! The next thing I want to share is the beginning of our poetry unit. Yes, April is poetry month, but we are getting a bit of a late start. We began by talking about what a poem is, and created a "Poetree" anchor chart. I read some different types of poem including Shel Silverstein's Poet's Tree. We talked about how sometimes a poet has fun with words and makes us really think. Shel does exactly that!! We decided to take the subject of spring and create a simple list poem that had some flair with how we published it. They turned out so sweet! CLICK HERE for your free 25 page unit on poetry!! The last thing for tonight is a new unit I just finished. In science we are studying plants for the next couple of weeks and in math we begin our study of measurement using nonstandard units. Well, put those two curriculum areas together and you get "Splat the Cat, Oopsie Daisy" by Rob Scotton. The kids looooove Splat, so I decided to use that little guy as our inspiration all next week. this little unit contains cross curricular learning opportunities. Here's a peek! These are just a few of the over 60 pages in the unit! I hope you can use at least a few of them. You have to go get that sweet book if you don't have it yet. I found some at Target, but of course you can always get on Amazon or go to your favorite bookstore. If you are interested in the unit, don't wait, CLICK HERE!!!! Well, that's all I've got for tonight!! Thanks for stopping by for another peek!! Hope you can swing by again soon to check out what we're up to!!! Now off to get my math tubs ready for next week! Can't wait!! Talk to you all soon! Joyfully! Nancy
The Internet is filled with so many good things we can do for our homeschools, that we often neglect the BEST things. Here they are in one post.
Poetry is fun even for young children. Check out these creative ideas of teaching poetry for kids with fun activities kids love.
Check out these fun Emily Dickinson riddle poems! They are fun to read with kids and to solve the riddle of the poem!
Learn more about Sen-No-Rikyu, the great tea sage, as you soak up some excerpts of his beautiful poetry and steep in his four great virtues. Sen-No-Rikyu humbly offers beginners to even well-versed tea drinkers something to learn and impart in their tea consumption
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Children’s poetry books are a rich way for kids to enjoy limericks, poetic stanzas, tongue twisters, and rhymes. Through poetry, they learn the joy of play on words, puns, and metaphors all while using their imaginations. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. 20 Favorite Children’s Poetry Books and Poetry […]
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Tea towel "Summer" Text and design: Harriet Grundmann, eDITION GOOD GEISTER 50% linen, 50% cotton Dimensions: 50 x 70 cm with handle equipped with banderole The perfect gift for anyone who wants to take a deep breath and enjoys poetry in the kitchen! Please wash the fine half-linen tea towel once before using it for the first time so that it is fully absorbent.
21 individual poetry activities that will allow students to play with language, understand form and structure, and be creative. These activities are suitable for rotating stations, bell-ringers, one-time lessons, early finishers, and so much more! Includes traditional options such as haikus and limericks but also more creative and non-traditional options such as a collaborative poem (modified exquisite corpse), turning songs into sonnets, phone number selfie, and boiling down an anecdote into a poem. All to culminate with a Poetry Slam - instructions included! Check the video preview for ALL of the activities. Each activity is set up as its own handout with ALL instructions and examples included - just add paper*, pens, and students! PRODUCT INCLUDES: PDF with printable version of the activity in color and black and white FULL Teacher and Student instructions - NO PREP! Note: I have sorted each poetry activity as low, medium, or high risk for student learning and creativity. The sorting allows for differentiated and scaffolded learning for all of your students. Low risk = strong structure and/or provided words to explore/play (e.g. blackout poetry) to introduce poetry concepts and terms. Medium risk = more challenging structure, less provided wording (e.g. limericks) to build on emerging or established skills and to encourage critical or creative thinking. High risk = challenging structures and full student creation (e.g. sonnets and blazons) to explore new ideas and forms with established skills with a high degree of critical and creative thinking. HOW TO USE THE PRODUCT? Poetry-specific unit. I use it as a way to break through students' discomfort with analyzing poetry. I find that trying to create their own poems demystifies poetry enough that they're willing to take risks to figure out just what William Carlos Wiliams is doing with that red wheelbarrow! National Poetry Month in April. A great start to each class or at the end of the week with creation stations with 3-5 poetry activities. Random days throughout the year so students explore form & play with words. Complementary activities in other units. I use poetry for novel studies, media units, summary practice, and so much more. Suggestions are included with the product. ********************************************************************************** Like this product? Interested in more poetry for your classroom? Check out all of the P OETRY PRODUCTS in my store. ********************************************************************************** Let's get social! → Follow me on TPT for updates and new products! → Instagram → Pinterest → Blog
