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+1 for cobbling together your own tea set from the thrift store — I did that when my kiddos were super little so I didn’t have to care at all if anything got broken, and it was definitely worth it (interestingly, they were/are always so careful during poetry teatime that nothing ever did break, but it was nice to let go of that worry).

Also, these printables are so cute! My kids are obsessed with paper dolls right now so when I opened this email I immediately called for them to come see the tea set, and they want to make it!

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Yes! It's wonderful to see kids take care. My friend who teaches in a Montessori school is big on letting kids use glass cups and nice things because they learn to be careful.

I'm so impressed (and also not surprised) that you've figured out how to make poetry teatime happen in your family! And aw I hope they have fun with the tea set!

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Impressed… because I work outside my home, you mean?

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Yes! If you wrote a book on time management, I’d eat it up! I have trouble making poetry teatime happen and I have all day with my kids!

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😂 Maybe I should consider writing that book…

When you have limited time and you know it, you get really efficient about how you use it. That applies to everything, not just being with my kids.

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When things are less crazy...I'm coming back to this one. I love it. Oh, but defo going to incorporate poetry tea time asap.

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We did it! Poetry tea time implemented and a huge success (which looks like kids interested in all the poetry and then they take off to play by themselves afterwards).

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Wow, you're fast!! I would love to hear about what you read and how it went! :)

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Well tea time is already a thing in our house, so it was totally normal for the kids to sit down for tea with me. But I announced it would be a poetry tea time, and I read from The Random House Book of Poetry for Children.

I opened it randomly and read a lot about the seasons. Robert Frost - The woods are lovely, dark and deep..., Shel Silverstein, Karla Kuskin, Bobbi Katz and Joyce Kilmer. My littlest chose some of the poems. For some reason they just love poetry. It was always lost on me as a little kid. But these are easy to read and understand.

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Oh! We usually use the "good china" too which is fun. Because, eff it, I want to use it and we hardly have had guests during covid. Ha!

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Oh how lovely! Added that book to my list, thank you for that :) I love the idea to let your littlest choose some poems, too. I love learning how to make the most of when my kids are a captive audience 😉

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