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I am thinking of doing a version of this for us.
They read the poems/songs/rhymes and she has them draw a picture to go with it. They keep it all in a book. They also talk about punctuation.
I think it will be a good hands on way to keep it all together. My son loves to draw and it will remind him of punctuation in a gentle way.
How do you all do poetry and hymn time? Off this topic but, can you recomend a good CD that has nice singing and old time hymns. Our are all Christian, but more of the modern stuff. Preferbly ifit would be on itunes.
I just read a couple poems to my girls everyday. We have Hymns for a kids heart and we’re doing one hymn/writer every six weeks (or until they girls learn all four stanzas). We read the story about the hymn writer as a child one day a week and then use the enclosed cd and sing along all four stanzas the rest of the week. Pretty simple, but my girls like it and are learning the hymn. I just need to find a better poetry book, the one we have stinks, I have to pre-read it too much to scan for junk. Suggestions?
Favorite Poems Old and New or Read-Aloud Poems for Young People are two favorites at our house that have lasted for many years.
Favorite Poems Old and New is comming in the mail…sadly media mail take forever to get here. I suppose I will not worry so much about poetry then and read that to them.
I looked into Hymns for a kids heart. I put it on “wanted” list.
THANKS!!!
Is there an art book along the lines of Favorite Poems Old and New (as in, one book would cover a lot of what we’d need)? Right now we look at paintings online, but it would add something special to have some in print.
Thanks!
In regard to the art book, I am sure someone could recommend a compilation for you. However, I have found several at Waldenbooks on the clearance tables that cover one artist and his works. For example I have Michaelangelo, Van Gogh, and more that I picked up for $3.99 – $6.99 each. These are larger books so the pictures are big enough that we can pick out details easily. I don’t know if that’s an option for you, though.
We don’t do hymn study, but I like the children to be familiar with the old Southern hymns as part of their Southern heritage. Alan Jackson and Randy Travis (has some new stuff, too) have cd’s of hymns. Also, Elvis of course, has recordings of just hymns (want it!). Still looking for a good Bluegrass mixture.
For poetry, we use A Child’s Book of Verse series, Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Micheal Hague, Christina Rossetti poems and Poems Every Child Should know. John Bunyon created a collection of Nature based poetry. The Rossetti and Bunyon collections can be found at Christianbook. POems every Child should know can be found online for free and at LIbrivox audio or bought at Yesterday’s Classics, same for Child’s Book of Verse Series (there are 4 of them).
HTH, Rachel
In a hunt for hymns, I came across a website called IfGodBeTrue that has a link somewhere on the page for a good many mp3s of a cappella hymns. They sound really pretty. For the record, I don’t recommend the doctrine taught on the page, we just enjoyed the hymns. We took the time to download them for our iPod.
We consistently memorize hymns just from a church hymnal that we bought several copies of. I know all the tunes, and if they request one I don’t know, I’ve always been able to find the tune on cyberhymnal. I sing through the song when it is a new one and explain unfamiliar words or poetic phrases so they know what they are singing, and explain if it has some theme/story that it is telling. Then I just sing a line and they repeat until we get through the song. Once a day, every day. After about a week they are starting to pick it up and by the end of about three weeks they know it by heart. And these are not short hymns either! It is such a joy to hear my three-year-old singing “There Is A Fountain” at the top of her lungs as she plays!
Last year we realized that we had picked many songs by Isaac Watts, so since I couldn’t find any good books available to me (in Asia), I read up on his life and told it to the children. That is kind of uncommon, mostly we don’t study much about the composer, unless someone asks. I’d love to find a good book on Isaac Watts if anyone knows of any.
Re: poetry Last year I went online and found a bunch of free poetry from AO, CGoV, Rosetti, and many, many others. It was all stuff past copywrite. I copied what I liked into a word doc and made it two columns. Added in some clip art and printed it out and had it bound. Wah-lah, our very own (mama approved) poetry book. I’d be glad to upload it somewhere and post a link if anyone cared for it.
Favorite Poems Old and New is here and we are using that.
Hymns for a kids heart just came yesterday and we are ging to start doing that.
I planned on just using a church hymnal when the kids are older. For now it is just my 4 and 7 yo that are doing it. My 2yo likes to llisten too though.
I am still doing a poetry notebook sort of thing, because he prefers to draw a picture for each poem. I really helps him get into it when he knows he gets to draw a picture of what the poem is about. I don’t force him, he just wants to!
joyinktm- It would be wonderful if you would share the poetry you found.
May I also suggest for hymns: Color the Classics Hymns (scroll down)http://www.lamppostpublishing.com/color_classics.htm
and for Americcan studies, in music form and my children enjoyed and learned from immensely:Book and CD-Take your HAt off When the Flag Comes By: http://www.lovetolearn.net/catalog/product/1134701
Rachel
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