Need a last minute St. Patrick’s Day activity today?
Write a green poem!
{Originally posted May 2008}
Happy Monday! This week’s Unplugged Project theme was green. I decided to help the girls write some Green Poems.
This was so fun and easy! We started by talking about all the things we could think of that are green. Then, we wrote simple list-style poems — they talked, I wrote! We finished it off with gathering a bunch of green drawing supplies and illustrating our poems. The only suggestion I gave them was to think of an ending for the poem that sounded different than the rest of their poem. I was quite impressed!
Green by Natalie (age 5)
Green grass
Green leaves
Green stems
Green plants
Green lettuce
Green peas
Green lime
Green frogs
Green basket
Green is good!
Green by Delaney (age 3)
Green balloon
Green anything
Green peas
Green lettuce
Green tomatoes
Green paintbrushes
Green mermaid fins
Green me!
Natalie, the little book-maker that she is, wants to do a poem for every color and make a book. I can’t wait! I am going to try and think of a different poem type for each color. I will be sure to share as we work on our “Rainbow Colors Poem Book.”
Happy playing!
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my heck! how awesome is that! now you have some beautiful works for your walls and such great memories! :0)
So sweet! And I love the idea of a Rainbow Color Poem book. I can’t wait to see what types of poems you choose for the other colors!
Very cute poems. Love them
What a cute idea! I’m going to have to try that with my daughter- I’d love to know what she’d come up with. The color book sounds like a lot of fun too- I’ll be following a long for sure!
I think that’s awesome that your daughter wants to make a poem for all of the colors! I wouldn’t have thought to try a poem with my three-year-old. I’ll have to give it a shot and see how it goes!
That is a lovely idea! We once did a “haiku” theme for the Unplugged Project and one of the poems we did was entitled “green!”
Your poems are much simpler (and thus more “doable”) though, and I really like the idea of a “color book.”
Hello! I’ve been a blog follower/fan of Let’s Explore for quite a while – love all the ideas and inspiration, and feel a sense of instant kinship as I also have a Delaney =) I wanted to share – I found a book at a rummage sale last weekend that your daughters might enjoy – it’s called A Kick in the Head, An Everday Guide to Poetic Forms. It looks like a fantastically fun way to introduce the many styles of poetry to children. Natalie’s interest and ambition to do a rainbow of poetry book is awesome and this book might be helpful in exploring poetry. Let me know if you check out the book and what your girls think!
http://www.amazon.com/Kick-Head-Everyday-Guide-Poetic/dp/0763641324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268838400&sr=8-1
Love it. Here is Avery’s (age 4)
Green olives
Green apple
Green M&Ms
Green leaves
Green lollipops
Green cups
Green turtles
Green sunglasses
So cute! Isn’t it fun to see what they think of?
Check out the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a great book of color poems.
What a great idea! I loved the students’ poems! Can’t wait to read the color poem book by Natalie.