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Poetry for Children with Grace and Amy Sloan
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About Our Guests
11-year-old Grace has loved poetry for as long as she can remember. When she's not climbing a tree, you can find her reading books or writing her own. She also loves to dance! Grace is the founder and host of the Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Poems Podcast and is a recurring guest co-host on the Kids Talk Church History podcast.
Amy and her husband John are 2nd-generation homeschoolers to five children from 8 to 18 years old, including a homeschool graduate. The Sloan family adventures together in NC where they pursue a restfully-classical education filled with books, conversation, and not-so-occasional nerdiness. Amy encourages homeschoolers through her “Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology” podcast and shares many resources at https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/
Amy believes that the best education is the one that leads to a humble view of one’s self and a glorified view of the beauty of God. She encourages homeschooling mamas that faithful consistency and wonder-filled exploration are not mutually exclusive. Her family’s homeschool prioritizes relationships over checklists, and she believes that beautiful words are more valuable to memorize than inventories of facts. Ultimately, Amy is convinced that Gospel truth alone saves us from endlessly striving and the fear, worry, and anxiety of wondering if we (and our homeschools) are enough.
Show Notes
Adrienne has Grace on to introduce her new podcast, by a kid for kids! Amy (her mom) homeschools Grace and they discuss the importance of poetry in their daily life. This is a delightful episode sure to inspire both parents and teachers to prioritize poetry in their routines.
Resources Mentioned
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Midsummer Night's Dream "I Know A Bank Where The Wild Thyme Blows" by William Shakespeare
Charge Of The Light Brigade Poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face Book by Jack Prelutsky
Ozymandias Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mr. Nobody by Walter de la Mare
Edward Lear Poems
Hopkins, Dunn, Dante
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Poems:
Amy Sloan’s free Quickstart Guide to Shakespeare (workshop + printables): https://birdsend.page/forms/1063/9kAhJE4Rck
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