Our new poem is Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson. My mother-in-law used to read the book “A Child’s Garden of Verses” to my husband and his sister when they were little. She had given us a copy of this book a while ago, but after moving I had forgotten about it. Recently, my [Read On]
Poetry – The Little Turtle
October 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our Kindergarten class is learning this cute and short poem this week: Here are the different materials you can download to help you learn the poem. Written poem with illustrations. You can hang this sheet on the wall for quick and easy reference. Sheet with just the pictures. We really like using this sheet [Read On]
Poetry – The Swing
October 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
The next poem we are memorizing is The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short video to help my kids memorize it. Here it is: As usual, I made the different materials I make to help us with the poem. When you download the file you will find the written poem with pictures [Read On]
Poetry – Once I Saw a Little Bird
October 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our next poem is actually an old nursery rhyme. Here’s the video to go with it: I created some materials to go with the poem in order to help your child memorize it. I typed the poem typed with some pictures to help you remember the words in the poem, and also I made a [Read On]
Poetry – Singing
September 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The next poem we are working on is Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short little video to help your child memorize it. Have your child watch the video everyday until they know it by heart. I also made a few sheets to help you with the memorization process. I added picture cards [Read On]
Poetry – Foreign Lands
September 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the next poem we are working on at our homeschool! 🙂 Read the poem to your child first, and have him close his eyes and picture what the poem is describing. Talk about what the author is describing. Show the video to your child, or the sheet with the written poem and pictures. Explain [Read On]
Poetry – At the Seaside
September 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s our first poem! Like I explained in the previous post, I will have a video for each poem so your child can watch it over and over until they have memorized it. Here’s the video … I have also made a few sheets to help you and your child memorize the poem. The [Read On]
Poetry
August 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
This year we have added Poetry to our school work. We will be memorizing different poems throughout the year. We are using the book Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura M. Berquist, and let me tell you that it is a wonderful book! We are loving the poems! I love that [Read On]