Non rhyming poetry is meant to be a type of poetry that doesn’t try to rhyme. Rhyming poetry is poetry where an effort is made to achieve rhymes within the structure, or more formalised make up of the poem. Free verse is a form of non rhyming poetry that has become more popular during our ...
When my children were young, walking to the library was an almost daily occurrence. Granted, the playground was our final destination, and wearing out the kids was my ultimate goal, but gathering a few new books to read after lunch became a part of our routine. Smack dab in the middle of babies and preschoolers, ...
Helping your child prepare to read is a fundamental goal of parents. There are specific areas that you can work on with your child in order to enhance his kindergarten reading skills. The following skills are evaluated for reading readiness in kindergarteners. Sight Words: In kindergarten, your child will get a list of words to ...
Babies, yes even newborns, need to be read to. Babies that are read bedtime stories learn to associate the sounds of their parents’ voices to comfort and safety. Reading bedtime stories is a wonderful way to help your baby wind down, relax, and prepare for a long night of sleep. As a librarian and mom, ...
As my soon to be four year old daughter and I stroll through Target, she points at an item on the shelf and asks, ‘Mommy, can I have that?’. ‘Not this time’, I reply. About thirty seconds later I see the finger pointing again. ‘Can I have that?’ she asks. ‘Not this time’, I state ...
The sestina is a very structured form of six sestets (six-line stanzas) followed by a triplet (or tercet, a three-line stanza) for a total of 39 lines. What sets it apart, however, is the re-use of the final word in each line of the first stanza in a specific order that is different in each ...
