Poetry

[kcontheroad]

Once upon a time, a speech and language pathologist advised me to learn sign language and teach it to my son as it was doubtful he would ever learn to speak. I did teach him a couple of signs, but the program we worked on for speaking (independent of that SLP) was very successful and now he speaks quite well. If I didn't tell you that, I think

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[tinuvielberen]

Kudos to Matthew! It's a very cute poem, too!

[kcontheroad]

Thanks. He's such a cool kid. I'm amazingly lucky to have him in my life.

[kcontheroad]

Grin!!!!!

Thanks.

[veganhothead]

Go Matthew! Smart kids you've got.

I remember oobleck from science class. I feel old.

[kcontheroad]

You remember oobleck from science class? That means you're YOUNG. They didn't start doing that in science classes until after I was long out of school.

[veganhothead]

It was in grade 9, so it's not like I was little or anything. It might have been new then.

[theoldcatlady]

Cool poem, I love it! Oddly, just this past week, Conal's lessons included a recipe for Oobleck. Haven't made it yet, but we will.

[kcontheroad]

Share the poem with Conal!

[gaeriwitch]

Didn't know what oobleck was, I had to look it up, but that poem is so sweet and funny.
What a talented son you've got. That's a pretty good poem for any 12 year old. In fact, I know some 30-year-olds who couldn't do much better than that. One of those people is obviously the one typing this, lol!
Niceee work!

[kcontheroad]

Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a great story by Dr. Seuss. The message is one I need to hear right now, too -- nature is stronger than we are and sometimes we need to accept that.

Due to the story, a clever science teacher or parent somewhere decided s/he would create something that resembles the oobleck of the story in order to hold kids' attention when talking about suspensions and all that. Kids across the USA now make oobleck, as you can see from theoldcatlady's remarks. We didn't do it when I was a kid even though the book was around.