• Family & Homeschool

    Our Nonsense Poems

    Once a month we have what we call “Literary Lunch”. It’s a spin-off of the Brave Writer’s Poetry Teatime. Her goal behind teatime is to expose the kids to poems. My goal is to share our own writing and thoughts about things we have read. You can read more about our experience here. Sometimes I like to give specific assignments that I want everyone to share. And sometimes I just ask them to share anything they have written lately. This month there was a specific assignment. I got the idea from the Poetry Teatime Blog. Poetry Prompt: Nonsense Poem What is a Jabberwock and how does it whiffle through the…

  • Family & Homeschool

    Literary Lunch

    Do you ever have big visions of how something should happen, only to have it happen nothing like you envisioned? What about if the unlikely way it happened was just right anyway? Our monthly Literary Lunch kind of happened that way today. The idea behind Literary Lunch comes from the Brave Writer’s Poetry Teatime. I came across a podcast over the summer talking about the concept and was intrigued. It sprang from the creator’s love for tea and poetry and her desire to share that love with others; especially her children. I liked the idea of creating an environment where my kids had an opportunity share what they’ve been reading…