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You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild poems, too.
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...
My buddy class is a grade one class, and around Halloween it was time to create a meaningful learning experience for both my grade three and the grade one buddies. Knowing how important phonemic ...
Skeletons, it seems, have gone soft. No longer content to loom over you from a height of 12 feet, the latest en vogue Halloween collectibles are skewing more farcical than fearsome. A skeleton ...
While we're likely all familiar with quite possibly the most famous Halloween poem for kids — yes, I'm talking about the "trick or treat, smell my feet..."one — there are actually quite a few ...
Mary Had a Little Lamb is a popular nursery rhyme. It is of American origin whose first publication dates back to 1830 when it appeared as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale. It follows Mary who keeps a ...
Inspired by the greatest Gothic novels, movies, and shows, these gothic baby names are darkly elegant and unique.
More: Poetry from Daily Life: For a ballad, pick a beat and pick a rhyme, then stick with it. A lot of poetry these days is written in free verse, which doesn’t stick to a steady, repeated ...
Against a tide of weariness, I have two pieces of advice on this Earth Day, embedded in National Poetry Month: start a garden, and read or write a poem, writes Tess Taylor.
Against a tide of weariness, I have two pieces of advice on this Earth Day, embedded in National Poetry Month: start a garden, and read or write a poem, writes Tess Taylor.