Comments on: Poetry Reading Challenge for Kids (Week 1)

By: Marina Fedorova

Marina Fedorova — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:01:35 +0000

That is such a great idea ! But how do you choose the level of difficulty of a poetry?

By: Margie

Margie — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:40:30 +0000

I think POETRY CHALLENGE is a terrific idea for expanding the interests of children ages 1-100! My granddaughter
and I often do bedtime stories by phone and this will be a fun addition to that! Thank you for the 'heartwork' you put into your planned activities!

By: Christa

Christa — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:17:45 +0000

Are you a BraveWriter momma? Their theme this month on the Braver Writer Lifestyle is Poetry Tea Time! This will help me be intentional about that this month. Thanks for the gentle nudge.

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:57:43 +0000

In reply to Nancy Tupper Ling. We love Double Happiness! Spoiler: It's going to be on my next favorite picture books of the year post.

By: Nancy Tupper Ling

Nancy Tupper Ling — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:54:57 +0000

Thanks for the mention of Double Happiness! Love this post!

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:04:09 +0000

In reply to Leana S. That is so wonderful! I noticed my kids easily (more so than I did!) memorized the poems. The Dickinson and Stevenson poems are so different, I'm not surprised at his reaction! :) Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know how it is going for you!

By: Leana S

Leana S — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:25:31 +0000

I'm doing the poetry reading challenge with my 4 year old son. We started the poem by E. Dickinson, but this morning he asked me to read him A Child's Thought. I was busy preparing breakfast and asked him to wait a second. Before I knew it he was "reading" a poem to himself! My jaw dropped to the floor and I held my breath through the whole poem. I haven't tried to memorize the poem with him we would just read it almost every day, sometimes a couple of times a day. I know he has a great memory and he is learning to read, so it was probably a mix of both, but in that moment I was amazed and proud of him, I also see the benefits of reading poetry together every day and how fun and thought-provoking it can be. Since I'm writing here, the first time I read him "A Word" he just sat in silence and then slowly said: "O-o-o-kay" as in "I don't know what you've just read." But then he wanted to read it again and we talked about it. Thank you for putting all these ideas together to help me have more fun reading with my children.

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:22:33 +0000

In reply to Even in Australia. Oh my goodness, I'm sorry! I found it in a general anthology that includes poems by different poets. "Poems and Rhymes" published by Anness. I don't like the illustrations in this one, but I found it at the library.

By: Even in Australia

Even in Australia — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:05:09 +0000

I drove myself crazy trying to find this in A Child's Garden of Verses (the only book in which I indulged by buying multiple copies, all with different illustrators), only to realize you never said it was actually in there!! Nonetheless, it has several similar poems with the same theme. Needless to say, I love them all.

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:22:28 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Glad you are playing along!