{"id":1081,"date":"2021-09-07T11:53:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T10:14:44","slug":"learn-these-four-simple-poems-with-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/blog\/book-recommendations\/learn-these-four-simple-poems-with-your-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn These Four Simple Poems with Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Memorization exercises stretch kids\u2019 brains. With practice, your students can learn to hold longer and longer pieces in their minds.\n<br> Moms and dads will benefit from this brain-boosting activity, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can begin poetry memorization with your kids by learning just one or two lines at a time. As their skills improve, you can advance to entire poems. To hook your students\u2019 interest and build their confidence, turn to short poems on topics they\u2019ll enjoy. For starters, give these four simple poems for kids a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>1. \u201dBed in Summer\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the days grow long, young children can relate to the idea of being sent to bed before the sky is fully dark. As the poem \u201cBed in Summer\u201d by Robert Louis Stevenson phrases it, \u201cI have to go to bed by day.\u201d This simple piece of poetry is just four stanzas long and uses an AABB rhyme scheme that will help the words stick in your kids\u2019 heads.\n<br> You\u2019ll find the poem in Stevenson\u2019s book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/a-child-s-garden-of-verses-GB00000025609\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Child\u2019s Garden of Verses.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/a-child-s-garden-of-verses-GB00000025609\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/A-Childs-Garden-of-Verses.jpeg\" alt=\"A Child\u2019s Garden of Verses\" class=\"wp-image-1082\" width=\"216\" height=\"286\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Included with your LightSail subscription)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>2. \u201dThe Invitation\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shel Silverstein\u2019s kid-favorite volume of poetry, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/where-the-sidewalk-ends-9780061965258\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Where the Sidewalk Ends<\/a><\/em>, opens with \u201cThe Invitation.\u201d In just seven lines, Silverstein welcomes readers from any walk of life to enjoy the magic of poetry. If you want to captivate your kids with the idea that poetry is for everyone, this might be the poem to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/where-the-sidewalk-ends-9780061965258\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Where-the-Sidewalk-Ends.jpeg\" alt=\"Where the Sidewalk Ends\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" width=\"-6\" height=\"-9\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Available on LightSail)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>3. \u201dMix a Pancake\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/mix-a-pancake-LC00000000192\/\">Christina Rossetti\u2019s \u201cMix a Pancake\u201d <\/a>is one of the best options for short simple poems for young learners. Your kids will especially enjoy this piece if they\u2019re fans of tall stacks of sweet, syrupy pancakes. The poem has only six lines, and four of them end with the word \u201cpancake\u201d \u2014 nice and easy to remember! To make the learning even more fun, make a batch of pancakes with your kids, and recite the poem again and again as you flip the flapjacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/mix-a-pancake-LC00000000192\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mix-a-Pancake.jpeg\" alt=\"Mix a Pancake\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" width=\"-12\" height=\"-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mix-a-Pancake.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mix-a-Pancake-198x300.jpeg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Included with your LightSail subscription)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>4. \u201dA Patch of Old Snow\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several days after a winter snowfall, point out a pile of half-melted snow, and ask your kids to describe it. Once they\u2019ve come up with their own imagery, share Robert Frost\u2019s poem <a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/a-patch-of-old-snow-LC00000000135\/\">\u201cA Patch of Old Snow\u201d<\/a> with them. Frost compares a dirty pile of snow to a scrap of discarded newspaper. After this exercise in figurative language and imaginative thinking, your kids can learn this two-stanza poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/book\/a-patch-of-old-snow-LC00000000135\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/A-Patch-of-Old-Snow.jpeg\" alt=\"A Patch of Old Snow\" class=\"wp-image-1085\" width=\"-12\" height=\"-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/A-Patch-of-Old-Snow.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/A-Patch-of-Old-Snow-198x300.jpeg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Included with your LightSail subscription)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more simple poems that kids can memorize, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/blog\/book-recommendations\/learn-these-four-simple-poems-with-your-kids\/\">LightSail\u2019s Quotations<\/a> feature. From nursery rhymes to Shakespearean sonnets, you\u2019ll find a wealth of poetry for your kids to learn.\n<br> Each piece they commit to memory will increase their capacity for remembering beautiful words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/registration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/web-banner-300x250-new-1-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"sign up for homeschool literacy program\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/web-banner-300x250-new-1-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/web-banner-300x250-new-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/web-banner-300x250-new-1-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lightsailed.com\/homeschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/web-banner-300x250-new-1.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorization exercises stretch kids\u2019 brains. With practice, your students can learn to hold longer and longer pieces in their minds. Moms and dads will benefit from this brain-boosting activity, too. You can begin poetry memorization with your kids by learning just one or two lines at a time. As their skills improve, you can advance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn These Four Simple Poems with Your Kids | LightSail for Homeschoolers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn These Four Simple Poems with Your Kids | LightSail for Homeschoolers - LightSail, the most adaptive reading and writing experience. 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