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Category Archives: Poetry
Frog Hollow Poetry Exhibit
The Seattle Frog Hollow class has the honor of having a poetry poster exhibit in the hallway gallery at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, alongside the work of other artists in the community. It is up right now, and if anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Language, Teaching, Writing, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
Really Exquisite Corpses
Games where you pass and fold paper to make crazy poems and stories are favorites at Frog Hollow. One of the classics is Exquisite Corpse (we didn’t name it — the Surrealists did — but we like it a lot). … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Homeschooling, poetry, Writing
Frog Hollow Poetry Exhibit
The Seattle classes have collaborated on a poetry exhibition in the hallway art gallery at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. If you’re in Delridge, drop on by! We wrote and illustrated poems largely on the theme of wishes and dreams in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Creativity, Homeschooling, Seattle, social change, social justice, Writing
Chinook Jargon
Continuing in our explorations of translation, my class has been playing around with Chinook Jargon. Chinook Jargon is the trade language of the Northwest, a pidgin of English, French, and several Salish languages. It was widely spoken through the 1800’s, … Continue reading
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Tagged American culture, chinook jargon, Creativity, Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, Language, Seattle, Teaching writing
