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Poetry Friday

“The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

March 27, 2015 by Amy 2 Comments

We visited one of my favorite places on earth mid-week: the Huntsville Botanical Garden. The garden was just waking up, but there was quite a lot of color already to be seen, and much of it came from those harbingers of spring, the daffodils.  I couldn’t help but be reminded of this poem when I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education, Nature Tagged: Field Trips, Nature, North Alabama Field Trips, northwest Alabama field trips, Poetry Friday, Tennessee Valley field trips

In the Sea by David Elliott

November 21, 2014 by Amy 3 Comments

I picked up In the Sea by David Elliott at the library on a whim, and because the preschool class at our homeschool co-op had recently had an opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with a turtle, I took it to read to them.  What I failed to do is pre-read it before I took it, so I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Picture Books Tagged: Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books, Poetry, Poetry Friday, Read Aloud Thursday

Dear Wandering Wildebeest by Irene Latham

October 2, 2014 by Amy 7 Comments

Irene Latham is an Alabama author who does our state proud.  (I was so tickled to get to meet her a few summers ago!)  She wrote a terrific middle grade historical fiction novel, Leaving Gee’s Bend, as well as another work of middle grade fiction, Don’t Feed the Boy, which is on one of my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Picture Books Tagged: Armchair Cybils, Cybils poetry, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books, Poetry, Poetry Friday

Tomie’s Little Book of Poems

September 26, 2014 by Amy 4 Comments

I snapped a few “Caught Reading” pictures of Benny last night and decided I’d share the little gem of a book he was looking at for today’s Poetry Friday offering.  That’s sort of backwards to how it all came about, though, really:   I took this little book, which I guess we’ve had since Lulu … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Caught Reading, Kid-Speak, Picture Books Tagged: Benny, Caught Reading, Picture Books, Poetry, Poetry Friday, Read Aloud Thursday

“A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

September 19, 2014 by Amy 2 Comments

For our first six weeks school term (or more), we are memorizing “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  So far as I know, his works have passed into the public domain, so I’ll share it here in its entirety: Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Juvenile Fiction, Kid-Speak Tagged: circle time, Juvenile Fiction, Louise, Philosophy and Methods, Poetry Friday, Read Aloud Thursday
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