Writing a FRIENDSHIP poem
What more lovely subject is there, than friendship, to begin poetry?  I will admit, begrudgingly, that I really messed up the delivery on this friendship poem activity.  What should have been a very easy short thing, turned into 4 days of torture.  So I will list for you what I should have done, and then just to show that I am a good sport. . .I’ll tell you what I actually did.
what you need: a pen ~ paper
For this activity, simplicity is the key. Â Start off by talking to your kids about what it means to be a friend. Â How do you know when someone is your friend? Â How do your friends know that you are their friend? Â Talk about the people they consider friends, as well as the people you consider friends. Â While you’re talking jot down words as they are saying them. Â Once you have a good list, mention that what you’ve done is called BRAINSTORMING. Â Now that they have specific words together that describe friendship, would they like to write a poem? Â We wrote an acrostic poem, one that uses the first letter of each line to spell a special word. Â This is a great time to work on letter sounds! Â If your little one is having trouble thinking of a word, revisit your brainstorming list.
 I thought the poems turned out so cute.  I’m planning to attach a copy to the friendship bread we will be delivering at the end of the week, don’t worry I’ll be posting that as well.
Okay, so now for my confession.  What I actually did. . .was get really excited about the activity and start it without any preparation or real thought to delivery.  What I actually did. . .was follow my poor little ones around, bombarding them with friend questions until they were telling me to leave them alone.  That’s right, I broke one of my major mommy rules. .. LET IT GO IF THEY ARE NOT INTO IT!!!  I finally got the hint and put away the pen and paper (I’m sure M and M breathed a sigh of relief), then 2 or 3 days later I came back at them.  This time following my own advice.  It went much more smoothly and was well worth the wait.
Leave a comment of the poems you write with your little ones!
This post is a part of Friendship week.
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