Preschool and Poetry
I participate in a coop preschool with other moms and our little four and five year old munchkins. Preschool is both wonderful and awful . The hour before preschool is the worst hour of my life. I get crazy stressed out trying to get ready for preschool with cleaning my house, prepping snacks, and getting activities ready. I actually really enjoy teaching the little ones. They are so eager to participate and completely adorable. We get to pick our own topics, so today I decided to teach poetry writing-to little children who can't hardly sit still, much less read or write on their own. It turned out awesome! I decided to go with learning about senses, how describing words are a big part of telling stories in poems, so we started by learning about the five senses: taste, touch, see, hear, and smell. Then, we read some Shel Silverstein poems and identified some of the uses of senses in the poems. After reading a few poems, the kids drew a picture...