A Brave Writer's Life in Brief

A dear friend introduced us to Brave Writer and I recently purchased Jot It Down and a few back issues of the Arrow to use in our homeschool learning from the Homeschool Buyers Co-Op.

I am addicted to books and when I was thrift store book shopping (a favorite Sunday activity of mine) and stumbled upon 8 scholastic poetry books in perfect condition I was thrilled! I also love a good deal! Last month on hip2save.com I also saw a post for free tea samples AND a recipe for Nutella crescent rolls. This was more than a sign, so today we had our “frugal” Tuesday Poetry Teatime.

What a treat! I enjoyed my tea samples and the boys enjoyed some warm apple cider. The boys made the Nutella crescent rolls with little help and they were delicious!

My two boys (ages 7 & 5) had a fabulous time and loved using Mom & Dad’s wedding china in our formal dining room. Not only did we enjoy poetry we were able to talk about table manners, family traditions and etiquette.

We are looking forward to trying our first Arrow issue!

Thank you! Saree

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These clowns LOVE Poetry Tea Time Tuesdays! Sometimes I’ll come downstairs and they’ve set the table and put the kettle on – on a Wednesday, or a Friday or a Saturday! It is the most consistent homeschool routine we have – we love Tuesdays.

As for our choice of poems we ALWAYS read Shel Silverstein – along with a collection of others old and new – I try to pick some that are fitting to the season or month – as for treats – I used to try and make cookies the day before but found that if that didn’t happen we would miss poetry tea time – so now I just buy a package or two of store bought treats! It is also important that the cream goes in the glass creamer – if I try to just put the carton on the table someone always mentions it! We have a candle that usually sits on our dining room table and the oldest rotate turns lighting it.

I used to stress a bit over tea time – wanting it to be perfect – Julie had posted something about this on her blog once – about keeping it simple – so I took her advice to heart and we now enjoy tea time very regularly – sometimes more than once a week!

Thanks for all you guys do over at Brave Writer! Our family sure appreciates you all.

Brenda

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Poetry Tea Time Tuesday. There isn’t one place in my house that doesn’t need picked up, scrubbed, or sand blasted, but my baby boy asked if it was Tuesday yet, so the show must go on.

In lieu of Shel Silverstein today, Goodnight Moon is the theme. I’ve had a really crappy past 2 days so I’m going to post some “happy fluff” OK? Plus, you can’t bicker with your siblings if your face is stuffed with Moon Pies, eh?

So, I’m feeding this crew moon things. Mush like in the book (grits), nighty night tea, circle crackers with circle cheese, Oreo Moon Phases, boiled eggs, grapes, marshmallow “moon rocks,” pepperoni slices, and moon pies!

Oh, and there are helium balloons! Yippee.

Next week we’ll be back to tea and toast. Ha!

Much Love, Shawna

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This is my six-year-old and my four-year-old at our very first “tea and poetry” last fall.

We snipped a rose from our garden for the centerpiece, and our tablecloth is made of baby blankets with the printed side turned down. My son and I read from Now We are Six, and my daughter picked something from A Child’s Garden of Verses.

We’ve kept this up every Friday afternoon, and they love, love, love it! (We have since acquired a “real” tablecloth, by the way!)

~Beth

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Hi Julie,

After years of homeschooling all three of my children, only my youngest is at home this year. I have been struggling this year to come up with ways to make reading enjoyable for my youngest son, who is a very reluctant reader. I decided to give Teatime Tuesday a try, and although the poetry was Shel Silverstein instead of Shakespeare or Shelley, it was a wonderful experience!

We are already looking forward to next Tuesday. Thank you!

Michelle

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