I am always amazed at the teaching opportunities that don't seem to have an impact, only to discover that they did. The reward was just delayed.
This week the girls checked out a book about Hello Kitty, to my dismay. However I was pleasently suprised to find that the book was written in haikus. We read the book, discussed haikus and I challenged the children to attempt to write a haiku. No one took me up on the challenge.
Until today.
Xander started counting syllables and revving his creative juices to write two complete haikus, all on his own.
Often the reward comes, after the wait.
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