The older two boys and I were reading poetry last night from the book Poetry Speaks to Children, edited by Elise Paschen, and some of thier favorites were:
*About the Teeth of Sharks by John Ciardi -not surprisingly, they liked a poem about sharks and shark teeth. I love that when we read this Justin immediately began telling me about how many teeth sharks really have!
*Why by James Stevenson-this poem was about a child who wonders about things others usually don't.....like what it would feel like to jump with bare feet into a box of jelly donuts. We pondered that idea out loud and then today Justin drew pictures of donuts, inspired by last night's reading.
*Gas by C.K. Williams-This was by far their favorite, Justin did not stop laughing the entire way through. This poem was about the fact that gas is outlawed in France and what one could do about this problem. (They particularly liked the suggestion to blame it on your brother) As soon as we finished it, they cried out, "again! again!" Sigh......boys!
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