On the afternoon of the first day of school, I cleared off the table (not an easy feat these days, I swear), put on a tablecloth (did NOT iron it - who do you think I am?), found a pile of poetry books, made hot chocolate, and cut up some leftover donuts. It was time for our Tuesday Poetry Tea.
Our new writing program recommends this, and I think it's a fab idea. And poems are awesome.
The kids boys were skeptical, but enjoyed it. We snacked and read poems. Some to ourselves, some outloud.
We definitely won't do sweets every week - this week was going to be popcorn but something came up and we were spontaneous instead. Next week.
This would make a great after school / family night / Sunday afternoon activity, too.