I just introduced poetry to the 1st graders. We have done a lot of poetry so far this year, and love reading it...but now we are going to be the actual writers of the poetry! I was stressing today about having the kids loook at regular ordinary things, and seeing those ordinary things with FRESH NEW EYES...like for example, looking at the regular old ceiling, and seeing the "sky for the classroom," and so on. So awesome. I took the kids on a poetry-walk, sat down on the grass, and jotted down notes about regular things, while looking at them with fresh new eyes! It was a lot of fun. I think the kids favorite part about poetry just might be the brand-new (used and donated) poetry binders.
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