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Cheery Goodnight
“Goodnight” “Goodnight.” It’s 9:30 pm. I’m the only other person in the building, having just finished the late class. You’re sitting there, working away. “Have a nice night,” we say overlapping. I...
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Poem: We Might As Well Skip
you’re walking too fast slow down so i can keep up you’re walking beside me now so we might as well hold hands and since we’re holding hands we might as well skip since we’re skipping and holding hands...
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Poem: A Palace Not a Prison …a Haiku NaPoWriMo 26
It’s not a prison/ Princess waits for you to wake/ See, it’s a palace!/ - About the poem Kids know how the adults that care for them feel. If you are always overwhelmed and trapped by parenting, and...
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Poem: Mommyhood
Bubbles Wands Frogs Ponds Fingerpaint Glitter Frosting Tire swing Shel Silverstein Leaf pile Tutu style Squirt gun Sprinkler run Nap in the sun Water balloon Goodnight Moon – About the poem: I have...
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Poem: Easy to Forget
It would be easy to forget That you love me When the dog is barking And the baby’s crying When the dishes are piling up And the bills are too When the toast is burning And the phone is ringing It would...
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Poem: It’s Not Okay to Hit a Kid
It’s not okay to hit a kid Why do you do it? Just ’cause your parents did? About the poem: This week I’m teaching the John Denver song, “Sunshine on my Shoulders”. Before we listen to the song, the...
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Poem: Chase Me
Chase me Tickle me Run after me Like a zombie I’ll blow bubbles You try to catch them I’ll ask questions You try to answer them My ballet spin! Watch me twirl Uh oh, rain? In our little world Pick me...
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Poem: Get Down
Don’t ignore me anymore Get down on the floor I just want you, Sweetly For a minute or two, Completely All to myself Then I’ll be off I have things to do - About the poem: If you’ve ever taken care of...
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Poem: Slow my breathing down
It is as I pick you up from your bed And as we settle down into the rocking chair That I remember To slow my breathing down If I don’t You will feel the rushing and the stress Of silly to-do lists A...
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Poem: To Understand Yourself, Study Your Parents
To understand yourself Study your parents Work like a researcher With love Scientifically Consider the data Find out the causes and effects What are the initial conditions Work like a gardener With...
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Sleep, Baby, Sleep …lullabies and the importance of ‘calm’
I love this lullaby: Sleep, baby, sleep Your father tends the sheep Your mother shakes the dreamland tree Down falls a little dream for thee Sleep, baby, sleep I used to sing it to my kids when they...
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Poem: Wobbly Freedom
A green grassy hill Is best A little slope But not too fast A My Little Pony bike Will do Not too old But not too new Dad wrestled The training wheels off They didn’t want to leave Suddenly I changed...
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Poem: Read to Me …a Haiku
Let me choose the book Let me snuggle next to you Please just read to me – About the poem: As a mom, I loved that cozy feeling of reading to my kids. The benefits for mom and kid are a mile long....
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What if moms were kind and encouraging?
Let’s face it. Most women who become mothers have few skills and often lack solid role models for how to be an excellent mom. We all want to be exemplary teachers and role models for the kids in our...
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Poem: Look Up to Me
If you are scared Look up to me If you are worried Look up to me When your eyes meet mine Here’s what you’ll see A smile that’s light and easy A spirit that’s strong and free When you are wondering...
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A Simple Way to Find Out who needs our help …technique for teachers and parents
http://momastery.com/blog/2014/01/30/share-schools/ This article describes how a teacher developed a brief weekly exercise, a survey, that gives insights as to who is getting bullied, is lonely or has...
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Poem: Be Nice to Me
You invited me here And you knew I was a baby Which means I poo and pee As such I don’t ask for much Mommy and Daddy Just Be nice to me – About the poem: Today in front of a quite fancy store, I saw...
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Poem: Does the Hulk Drink Green Juice?
Green juice Makes you strong Like Incredible Hulk We told our young friend Does Hulk drink Green Juice? He asks, wide-eyed Uh, yes Of course, he does! He slams down The rest of the juice And slams...
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Poem: Who says you must?
Brick by brick Stick by stick You have built your life You’ve got a house, a job A baby, a wife The original shelter Is now helter skelter The cooking and cleaning Are out of control The bills and the...
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Poem: Access to Love …what a baby brings
I picked you up and threw you in the air, I pressed you to my cheek And spoke a new language I rolled on the floor with you And made silly faces I took off your onesie And tickled your pudgy belly...
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