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Teatime with Grandma

Teatime with Grandma

Poetry Teatime Contest Entry!

My name is Heidi, and I have four young children, ages 6, 5, 3, and 1. This is our second weekly teatime, and we are so excited to continue this new tradition. My girls were so excited to share a teatime with Grandma while we were on vacation, and our one year old son wasn’t about to be left out!

Today we got our own teapot, sugar bowl, and cream pitcher, and we’re all eagerly awaiting Friday teatime.

Thanks for encouraging this! Poetry is a subject that I am weak in, and I’m excited to have such a fun way to grow in it!!

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Poetry Teatime: A regular feature

Poetry Teatime

We had our second poetry teatime recently after everyone enjoyed the first one so much.

After we’d each chosen a poem (I read for my boys), I grabbed ‘Love That Dog’ as a read aloud, having seen it on the Arrow reading list for this year. It turned out to be poetry themed and just perfect – we finished the whole thing and recognised several of the poems referenced.

My eldest daughter (9) then looked up William Blake’s ‘Tyger Tyger’ to fill in the missing verses after remembering we had it in one of our books.

The next day at lunchtime she started reciting Blake to herself from memory. We’ll definitely be making this a regular feature!

Katie

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Interview with Poet Marilyn Singer

Poetry Teatime Interview with Marilyn Singer

Welcome to our first Poetry Teatime Podcast!

I was honored to interview Marilyn Singer, award-winning poet and author. Marilyn and I met for the interview long distance—she, in her home in Brooklyn, and me, Julie, in a library in Cincinnati.

Unfortunately the library failed us, a bit. The Internet connection was variable throughout and you will notice that in the recording. Stay with it, though. The content is fabulous (delightful) and the sound improves. You will hear the cooing of her doves in the background at times, too. Enjoy!

Also, be sure to explore Marilyn’s wonderful books of poetry, including Mirror Mirror and its sequel Follow Follow! (affiliate links)

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