Tag: Haiku poetry

Summer Challenge for Kids and Adults

Summer Challenge for Kids and Adults
While the September 22, 2012 autumnal equinox is still weeks away, the deluge of Back to School advertisements signal the contrary to those of us with school-aged children. Whether we like it or not, our summer ends when the new school year begins. As the self-appointed Queen of Schedules and Goddess of Routine, alas, I... Read more »
By Crystal Intini Alperin,
August 6, 2012 at 8:14 pm • 

Speaking in Poetry: One Family's Evolving Celebration of Rhythm and Words

It all started with Dr. Seuss.  His rhyming stories of imagination and made-up words beckoned my children to explore the poetry and rhythm of language.  Sure, the rhyming did make my eyes cross and sometimes my ears bleed, but I do begrudgingly admit that it added an extra dose of whimsy as I read the... Read more »
By Crystal Intini Alperin,
April 20, 2011 at 8:29 pm •