Think of a time when you learned something new using your feet. Maybe it was learning ice skating or playing hopscotch or standing on tiptoe. Now write from the perspective of your feet and let them give their take on the process!
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One of the moms on BraveScopes asked: “What’s in your current read aloud stack?”
Mr. Poppers Penguins
Adam of the Road
How to Train Your Dragon
The Bard of Avon
Medicine in the Medieval Ages
My Side of The Mountain
The Cricket in Times Square
The Penderwicks
Ginger Pye
Ella Enchanted
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Oliver Twist
Boom Town
Betsy-Tacy
Spirit of the Cedar People
The Adventures of Jayne, the Cat Who Was a Dog
The Way of Gnome
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
The School Mouse (Dick King Smith)
The Lightening Thief
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Railway Children
Love that Dog
Detectives in Togas
The Pushcart War
Anne of Green Gables
The Great Turkey Walk
The Story of Dr. Dolittle
The Cricket in Times Square
Wonder
The Wheel in the School
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
Minn of the Mississippi
Paddle to the Sea
So the next time you’re searching for a good read aloud you can refer to this list!
Here are ten writing exercises that will take about thirty seconds each. The aim is not to create a masterpiece or change your entire writing life–the aim is to write for at least thirty seconds.
Also, for children in the Jot It Down or Partnership Writing stages, parents should feel free to transcribe their kids’ thoughts for 30-seconds.
Sit down and pick ONE of your senses–sight, smell, hearing, taste, or touch. Then describe everything you feel with that sense, right now. Do you see the sky out of the window and your dogs on the sofa? Do you hear the clock ticking and traffic outside? Whichever sense you choose, write down as much detail as possible in thirty seconds. Go!
Put on a song you love and write as the first thirty seconds play. How does it make you feel? Happy, sad, moved, inspired, impassioned? Why do you like it? Do you have strong memories linked with that song? Jot it down.
Open a dictionary, close your eyes, pick a random word, and write about it. Go on, see how much you can write about one word in thirty seconds. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s great or silly or you think it’s a beautiful word that everyone should use in every conversation. Write it!
Pick a favorite memory, a day that was special to you. Why was it special? What did you do? Who was there with you? What was the best moment? List those out.
Think about the previous day of your life and sum it up in one phrase. Something like “Best day ever,” “A total drag,” or “Dull but productive.” Then do the same for the day before yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, until you run out of time.
Write a sentence of five words. Now quickly change the sentence one word at a time. For example:
“I love my fluffy cat.”
“I love my fluffy slippers.”
“I lost my fluffy slippers.”
“I miss my fluffy slippers.”
See where it takes you in half a minute!
Pick up two nearby objects, put them side by side, and write a short conversation between the two of them. What would your pencil case say to your hairbrush if they were in love? What would an argument between your pen and your eraser be like? Or imagine that they met for the first time.
What do you plan to do as soon as you’re done writing? Then what after that? And after that? Keep going till the timer stops.
Pick the letter of the alphabet that your name begins with then write down ten different words that begin with that letter. Give your vocabulary a 30-second workout!
Write a fact about yourself–the more interesting, the better. Then change ONE word. For example, “I love wearing hats” could become “I hate wearing hats,” or “I love wearing earrings.” Once you’ve got your new statement, write down a name you like that’s not yours. That is the name of a character you’ve just created.
Enjoy! Later you might expand some of these freewrites into writing projects.
Our homeschool has a poetry tea time and we love it! Sometimes we have tea, sometimes hot chocolate but always we have poetry and fun! We don’t have a time scheduled for poetry tea time because we find time when it is best for our schedules and our moods!
Right now we are using the book “The Llama Who Had No Pajama” by Mary Ann Hoberman and the girls really love it! Sometimes we use our kindles and read poetry on our devices but our favorite way is to hold a book!
I love your blog and your posts and as a newbie in the blogging world. I look to you for a lot of inspiration!
Thank you for being you!
Taj
Visit Taj’s blog for more about their Poetry Teatime!
Remember a time when you were freezing cold. Describe what that felt like from your head down to your toes!
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