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Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

  Happy National Poetry Month! We are celebrating National Poetry Month with a weekly poetry challenge all month long. To follow along, subscribe to our newsletter or check back here every Monday and Friday throughout the month of April for updates.  Kickoff: Books and resources for National Poetry Month   Week one: Read and write haiku  Article: A Brief History of Poetry by Marci Whitehurst Week two: Read and write odes Article: Eight Creative Ways to Explore Poetry All Year Long by Rebecca J. Gomez Week three: Read and write riddle poems   Week four: Poet's choice! If you and/or your children/students participate in any of our challenges this month, we'd love to hear from you.  You can  email  us or  tag us  on Instagram (use the hashtag #RDDPoetryChallenge or #RDDPoetryMonth). We will be sharing some readers’ poems in a round-up post at the end of the month, so if you’d like your poems to be considered, please let us know when you s...

Summer Challenge Week NINE: A Wilderness Adventure

Story Time Idea: BEEHIVE

Summer Challenge Week EIGHT: Make a Splash at the Pool!

Read, Discuss, Do! Book List: 12 Books about Water

Storytime Idea: HELLO LIGHTHOUSE

Summer Challenge Week SEVEN: Go Wild with Zoo Books!

Story Time Idea: TWO TOUGH TRUCKS GET LOST

Summer Challenge Week SIX: Nighttime!

JABARI'S POOL: A Read, Discuss, Do! Craft

Story Time Idea: LION OF THE SKY

Summer Challenge Week Five: FIREWORKS!