POETRY (Kindergarten)

The goal of D's poetry lessons will be to learn/memorize six new poems every quarter (9 weeks), copying the poems into a Poetry Journal as part of his copywork for the year, illustrating his work, and reciting each memorized poem either to me or to our family/friends. Knowing D and his refusal to 'perform' for people on demand, I have a feeling it'll consist mainly of him and I reciting the poems together, alone. With any luck, I'll be able to at least use my digital camera to record his recitations. He gets a kick out of watching himself on video, so that *may* work.

I selected poems that I felt he'd connect with, were short in length (most no longer than one stanza), and loosely based on the science topic(s) we'll be studying for that particular week.

Quarter One (Weeks 1-9):
Rain (Robert Louis Stevenson)~Seasons/Weather
March Winds (Mother Goose)~ Seasons/Weather
Time To Rise (Robert Louis Stevenson)~Animals
Little Bo Peep (Mother Goose)~Animals
Forehead, Eyes, Cheeks, Nose, Mouth and Chin
(Mother Goose)~My Body
Wavy Hair (Shel Silverstein)~My Body

Quarter Two (Weeks 10-18):
Singing Time (Rose Fyleman)~Five Senses
My Nose (Dorothy Aldis)~Five Senses
Whole Duty of Children (Robert Louis Stenvenson)~Health/Wellness
Early to Bed (Mother Goose)~Health/Wellness
First Fig (Edna St. Vincent Millay)~Matter
An Icycle (Mother Goose)~Matter

Quarter Three (Weeks 19-27):
I'm Glad (Robert Louis Stevenson)~The Universe
Star Light, Star Bright (Anonymous)~The Universe
Second Fig (Edna St. Vincent Millay)~Rocks, Soil, Water
If I Had a Brontosaurus (Shel Silverstein)~Rocks, Soil, Water
Tree House (Shel Silverstein)~Plants
Roses Are Red (Mother Goose)~Plants

Quarter Four (Weeks 28-36):
Bees (Mother Goose)~Bugs
Ladybug, Ladybug (Mother Goose)~Bugs
At the Seaside (Robert Louis Stevenson)~Habitats
An Old Silent Pond (Basho)~Habitats
The Little Turtle (Vachel Lindsay)~Nature Study
The Little Turtle (Vachel Lindsay)~Nature Study