Raising Smarter Children

Want to teach your child different parts of speech the easy way?  Have your child write a poem about a special pet…

Get a large piece of construction paper and some markers and you’re set —

Have your child draw a very large star with one color and name the animal at the top of the star.

In the left point of the star, write adjectives which describe the pet’s size.

On the right point of the star, have your child write verbs that end in ‘ing’ telling what the pet does.

On the bottom part of the star, write nouns about what the pet likes to eat and in the middle of the star, have your child write adjectives describing the pet’s personality, or, words to describe how the pet looks to your child.

Voila, you’ve just shown your child several parts of speech, and you can put their poem and drawing on the refrigerator -Wow!

Remember, every child is smart in their own way,

Warmly,

Pat Wyman and Erin Mavredakis, M.D.

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