The raw emotions and deeply insightful poetry of dozens teens from diverse communities simply overwhelmed me. Fortunately you can see Yanofsky's documentary too. Watch your local PBS listings in April, which is National Poetry Month, for a broadcast near you. I strongly recommend taping this Poetic License and ordering the curriculum materials when they are available. If you haven't delved into poetry with your children, now is the time.
Kids love to play with words as much as they love to play with their food.
Check out some of these websites to get you started and then create some poems of your own. For those of you who are unfamiliar with our print magazine, Questions and Answers is Laura Weldon's column where you ask the question and you provide the answers. Instructions for sending an answer or a question to be answered in a later issue are found below. We have thoroughly researched and discussed our alternatives, finally deciding to homeschool our son. I plan to discontinue working and pursue a graduate degree part time while homeschooling.