Poetry can open new worlds to your children—and to you. Arrange a workshop that you and other parents can enjoy with your kids, and here's what will happen.

• Your kids will be turned on to poetry through the experience of performing—two hours of playing with delightful children's poetry.
  
  
• You'll get coaching in how to help kids prepare poetry for performance.
  
  
• You'll work in a small group with kids to prepare a poem.
  
  
• Everyone will enjoy the achievement of each small group, as the workshop culminates in a celebratory performance.
  
  
• You'll join a discussion with the other parents after the workshop on how to make poetry part of a family's life.
  
  
• But beware—your kids may insist on performing on all special occasions, from Thanksgiving to Fourth of July!

Contact Silvine to get more details about arranging a workshop.

Contact Silvine to find out about the possibility of arranging a free introductory talk on making poetry part of your family's life.

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Explore what you can do on your own--click on resources for turning kids on to poetry, on the left. Some of the material is aimed at teachers, but much of it will be just as helpful for parents.

And just to give you an idea of what's possible, here's a comment from someone who took this workshop:

"I remembered how much I love poems, and language, and a million other things, and it gave me hope and ideas for how to share and sustain that excitement with the kids. . . . And when I got the anthology you recommended out of the library, I even discovered my three-year-old son prefers poetry over his favorite music CD!"
Chloe Chaudhry
Lafayette, California

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