What kind of pet would you most like to have–monkey, snake, goat–why?
Poetry Teatime: Silly Poetry
Julie,
We had our first Tuesday Teatime and the kids loved it! We had a “Silly Poetry†teatime and invited some friends to join us. My ds 9 made some flowers out of K-Nex that we placed in a beautiful Snapple vase along with some silly colored candy canes. Of course we had to dress our silliest and take silly pictures. We dined on cookies and milk colored with food coloring (except my ds 6 who preferred his to be “just white, please.â€) Then each child picked some of their favorite silly or funny poems to read including selections from Runny Babbit and Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. I dressed up, too, but when my husband took my picture he cut out my beautiful black and pink high heel shoes that matched my black jogging pants so perfectly. So sorry you had to miss that!
We all had a blast and my boys and their friends were planning our next teatime before they left. Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas on the Brave Writer website!
Kay
Friday Freewrite: Mountains, Beach or Desert
Where would you prefer to be right now—mountains, desert, beach—and why?
It’s the little things
A reminder to do the little things that make for pleasantness in your home:
Have you….
hugged your kids?
surprised someone with a treat?
made a joke?
pointed out beauty to someone else?
stopped to listen to laughter?
had an unhurried cup of tea?
been thankful for good health?
read something worth reading?
smiled?
jumped up and down to get your heart pumping?
put on lipstick?
looked into your child’s eyes while she was telling you something?
ate tasty food?
gone for a walk?
forgave yourself?
wrote a few sentences?
cleared the coffee table and put out something new to read or look at?
Hope so. Do one of these and see it if helps your day brighten.
Help for High School Yahoo Group
Hello all!
The Brave Writer High School List is now open for membership. This list is a free service of Brave Writer to support parents who are actively teaching their teens to write. There are no requirements to join (anyone can join), but I do have a few suggestions.
The list will offer support particularly to those Brave Writer families who are using the Help for High School manual. It is not a writing class (there won’t be due dates or grades). I won’t be giving the kind of feedback I give in a high school writing class (detailed analysis of a student’s writing).
Rather, this list aims to give moms a place to work out their understanding of academic writing. You will be able to share stories, share your teen’s work for comment by other moms, you will be able to ask questions that both the group and I may answer and so on.
To join the list, sign up here.
If you have any difficulty in signing up, please contact me at my email address which can be found on the side bar.
To purchase Help for High School, click here.
