This activity requires your child to focus on the details when writing a poem. You can actually do this activity alongside your child and then compare the interpretations.
First, choose a picture of a place. It could be as expansive as the sea or a little room in a ghetto.
Ask your child, the following questions:
- What else do you think could be in this picture ?
For example, a boat ( when it’s the picture of the sea. The boat is not in the picture. The question is about ‘what-if’s)
Then, write on a piece of paper ( you write so it doesn’t ‘block’ your child’s train of thought): On the sea, there is a boat.
Then ask your child the next questions: What is in the boat ? Who is in the boat?
(If your child is up to it, let her do the asking of questions. Or you could take turns.)
Then, your add the next line tothe poem.
“On the sea, there is a boat.
In the boat, there is a dog. ”
Again, ask questions about what has just been written: What is the dog doing? Is it alone? Why is it there?
Add another line:
“On the sea, there is a boat.
In the boat, there is a dog.
By the dog, an old man.”
Ask the next questions: What is the old man doing? What does he want?
Add the next line or lines:
“On the sea , there is a boat.
In the boat , there is a dog.
By the dog, an old man,
adorned in green satin with red ribbons
on his wings,
looking for land to sleep in.”
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