Weekly Weed: Poems for the Children's Hour

Did you know that The Star has 3 verses? Here it is:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

In the dark-blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtain peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

~Jane Taylor

This poor, old book, titled Poems for the Children's Hour has a copyright date of 1957! As far as I can tell, the book hasn't been checked out in years. It is too torn up on the outside to be decorative, so does anyone have any ideas on how to use it? The pages might make an interesting wallpaper...

Poetry Month at COE

The students at COE had a really fun time writing and reading poetry during the month of April. Lots of classes wrote diamante poems for their teachers. Many students created mini "stapleless" books full of poems that they collected and were ready with them in their pockets to read.

Poem In Your Pocket Day was a huge success! The library gave out around 100 prizes including bookmarks, books, treasure box items, and gift certificates to the Spring Book Fair as rewards for having and reading a poem from your pocket. Even some teachers won some cool prizes!

Here is Ms. Sloggett listening to a Pre-K student read his poem. Way to go, Jackson!