Adjective-Themed Poetry Teatime

Poetry Teatime (a la Brave Writer) is one of Aidyn's favorite homeschool activities. He lovingly demands it every week, and I try my best to scrape something together. This week, I actually had a spare moment to plan something (!), so we had an adjective-themed poetry teatime.

 

 Easy table set up with books, drinks, apple slices, candles, and an assortment of colorful adjectives.

 Aidyn sampling a self-described "smooshy" marshmallow (I quickly added "smooshy" to our car assortment).

 We read from Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives (Explore!) by Ruth Heller, who writes many wonderful books about parts of speech and other fun subjects) and
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary (another prolific writer of books about parts of sppech).

                                            The illustrations in Heller's books are amazing.

Our adjective-themed poetry teatime helped tremendously when we moved on to grammar work later in the day.

Here are some more adjective ideas:

Adjective Activities from Enchanted Learning

Adjective Activities on Pinterest

Adjective Activities at HaveFunTeaching

Preemptive Poetry Teatime Tuesday



We still have a week before 4th grade starts, but Aidyn requested a Poetry Teatime Tuesday, and who am I to argue that beautiful request?

 

Baby Jack joined us on this simple, laid-back teatime and even added some of his own slam poetry.

 

 

I missed the comfort of delicious food and drink with beautiful words.

 

 

Jack was alert whenever Aidyn read a selection.

 

 

Jack is really Aidyn's biggest fan. <3 p="">

 

 

Although I'm slightly terrified to homeschool this year with a crawling, tottering baby in tow, we are looking forward to poetry teatimes. They help us unwind, relax, and remember the therapeutic beauty of words.

Our First Poetry Teatime {Brave Writer}

We enjoyed our first poetry teatime today.

I lit a candle, baked some sugar cookies (from a premade mix), and whipped up some orange hot chocolate.