Rain is Falling

We have just starting incorporating poetry memorization in our homeschool curriculum, starting with our weather studies. Memorizing poetry increases cognitive abilities, builds confidence and develops skills necessary for reading.

I remember enjoying these types of challenges as a young student, but I wasn't too sure how the little voyagers would take to it. NO WORRIES! They loved it! I started them off with this short poem about the rain, and Rosetta had it memorized in about two minutes. That was all the motivation our kindergartner, Saralina needed. It took her a little longer, but you can be sure she is very proud of herself!

Two articles on this topic, which I found interesting: The importance of Memorizing Poetry in Childhood, and Children's Poems.

I found the poem and this cute girl-with-umbrella picture in an old education book and put them on one worksheet. The little voyagers colored them and we hung them over the poem on our practice wall.

For the younger voyagers, I created a printing practice worksheet.

I used the ESL Writing Wizard to create this worksheet.

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Here is a debut video of two of our little voyagers reciting their first poem:

Awesome job, girls!