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3.08.2008

Stoplight Poetry

and now Suzanne has something to say about books :: kidlit :: language acquisition :: parenting :: poetry

We went to the library booksale today and I picked up a few more old copies of poetry for children, including the amusing Kermit's Garden of Verses। We keep poetry books in the car and I read one poem per stoplight. It's great! We get just a little nibble of poetry and time to chew on it before the next light.

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5 much appreciated comments:

Sherry said...: What a great idea. However, I'll have to turn off (break?) the radio and hide the thirteen year old's iPod.; September 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Kate said...: Fun!

Suz, the gnomes have taken over. It took nearly four minutes to load your site today! (And that was after I'd tried once, stopped and reloaded...); September 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Suzanne said...: wow - thx for letting me know Kate -- off to degnome again; September 21, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Deborah said...: This post has been included in the latest edition of Mom's Blogging Carnival.; September 21, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Jenny said...: Thank you for submitting this post to the Mommy Blog Carnival for April 15th. I've included it in the upcoming edition. Hope to see you drop by and check out the other participants. Again, thank you!; September 21, 2008 at 12:15 AM

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Here I chatter about books, parenting, election 2008, recipes, teaching college writing, and the adventures of getting settled in with our two freshly (Fall 06) adopted school-age children from Russia. This blog is chapter two; chapter one is posted at Jamie & Suzanne go to Russia. I live in the City of Subdued Excitement, Cascadia, Land of the Free.

I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.

In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.

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