2016 Song & Story Fest May, 14th - Third Activity of the Day
11:00am - Poetry Workshop with Kalli Dakos
*Back by Popular Demand!!*
Kalli Dakos (W.E. Gowling Alum) has been celebrating the school world since the release of her best-selling book, If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, Poems About School. She has written many collections of school poems. These include five IRA-CBC Children’s Choice selections – Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig, If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, Don’t Read This Book Whatever You Do!, The Goof Who Invented Homework, and The Bug in Teacher’s Coffee. Kalli’s poems reveal the funny – and sometimes poignant – stories that take place in an elementary school bathroom. Marc Beech’s zany illustrations perfectly express the ups and downs of school life.
Kalli visits schools all over the United States and Canada, and is now working internationally in schools as far away as Hong Kong. As a former teacher and reading specialist, she uses her educational background to design school visits that provide sound reinforcement for standards of learning disguised as high-energy fun and filled with audience participation. Her huge selection of props and toys pulls in even the most reluctant readers and writers and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Everyone becomes involved in the drama of the elementary school world.
Children discover a goldmine of
writing possibilities, from the pencils on their desks to the secrets in their
hearts. Teachers, principals, custodians, secretaries and parents are all
encouraged to read, write, and perform poetry along with the students.
http://www.kallidakos.com/index.html
Here are some shots from last year's Kalli Dakos experience (Will Mrs. Kim have to KISS A PIG again this year??):
Kalli is Awesome!!
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