10-31-2011, 03:36 PM
This is such an interesting thread. I was a late reader (around 8 years old) but I had a mother who recited stuff like Hiawatha, and 'Drake is in his hammock etc.' and despite not starting to write poetry until my late 50's I did have all those rhymes in my head.
One of my grandkids is definitely going to be targetted by me (the other 5 may be a little more elusive). He's five and so bright (and troublesome) and we have made a bargain that he and I are going to write 'stories' together. He said 'Can we start right now, Nanny?' We couldn't...but, we did sketch out a plot about a boy and his granny who chase a monster and at the end, after losing sight of the monster a bigger monster appears who then chases them! I think he would love writing poetry too.
I do recite the chunks of poetry I learned at school to them and sing stuff like 'Never smile at a crocodile' but even though they are all under 7 I sometimes feel, when they listen, that they are merely humouring me.
Leanne, re: Tarantella I loved it and one day wrote an up-dated version. See the fun poetry section.
One of my grandkids is definitely going to be targetted by me (the other 5 may be a little more elusive). He's five and so bright (and troublesome) and we have made a bargain that he and I are going to write 'stories' together. He said 'Can we start right now, Nanny?' We couldn't...but, we did sketch out a plot about a boy and his granny who chase a monster and at the end, after losing sight of the monster a bigger monster appears who then chases them! I think he would love writing poetry too.
I do recite the chunks of poetry I learned at school to them and sing stuff like 'Never smile at a crocodile' but even though they are all under 7 I sometimes feel, when they listen, that they are merely humouring me.
Leanne, re: Tarantella I loved it and one day wrote an up-dated version. See the fun poetry section.