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Brave Learning: Fantasy Teatime Syndrome

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Fantasy Teatime Syndrome [Public]

The key to Poetry Teatime is simply having one.

I got into a conversation with a mom who shared that she never has time for Poetry Teatime. There’s the baby who needs nursing, the toddler who is cranky, the older girls who are working on their math (and shouldn’t be stopped because it’s hard enough to get them started!) and so on…

But as I thought about it, I remembered that I have five kids and we’ve been having teatimes longer than I’ve homeschooled.

So I asked her why she didn’t have her family teatime when the toddler had already eaten lunch, the baby was napping, and the girls had finished math. She paused. “Well, then I wouldn’t have made the blueberry muffins.” [More]

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Brave Learning: What if My Kids Don’t Like Poetry Teatime?

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What If My Kids Don’t Like Poetry Teatime? [Public]

Here are some fresh ideas.

One of the things I noticed with my own kids was that while routines comfort me, they become redundant and boring to kids. So always feel free to take breaks.

Also, ask your kids for suggestions.

Your kids’ input is vital for a successful home education.

Here are some ideas you might try… [More]

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Brave Learning: Don’t Be Intimidated by Poetry

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Don’t Be Intimidated by Poetry [Public]

Reclaim poetry as a legitimate tool of language arts.

Poetry is all about the words. It’s about the:

  • choices,
  • sounds,
  • relationships,
  • punch.

Poetry aims to get a message/story across within limits: meter, rhyme, alliteration or assonance (or both!), stanzas, numbers of words. It’s the Sudoku of language!

Here are the ways I recommend you dip your toes into the stream of poetic expression… [More]

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Brave Learning: How to Have a Poetry Teatime

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How to Have a Poetry Teatime [Public]

Teatime is THE practice that will transform your homeschool.

Poetry Teatime is the magic you seek for a subject you value!

This Brave Learning post shares everything you need for a successful teatime:

  • The Preparation
  • The Process
  • Tips for Reading Aloud

Enjoy! [More]

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Brave Learning: Poetry Teatime

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Poetry Teatime [Public]

A simple idea with big implications

For as long as I can remember, adults and kids routinely confess a fear of poetry. They say, “Oh I hate poetry. It’s too difficult to understand.” In truth, most people assume they must do something with poetry—analyze it, make meaning from it, find its themes and imagery, identify its rhyme schemes. The provocative rhythms and sometimes old world vocabulary act as barriers to enjoyment, too, for so many smart, successful, fluent adults!Subscribed

Yet somehow I managed to develop a love of poetry from an early age. My grandfather gave me a book of poems to read aloud when I was seven years old. I still have it. I played with words and wrote my own poems on scratch paper and in my diary. Poetry felt like puzzles, riddles, inside jokes, and bursts of music to me. I didn’t worry too much about “getting” it.

When my children were coming along every two years, I hoped to pass my enjoyment of poetry to them. Yet the culture of anxiety around poetry was so strong, I worried they would resist or declare, “I don’t get it!” [More]

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