Childhood Reflections in Poetry: With Activities

By Manie Moodley

These poems focus on the important parts of a childs life, especially those of their formative years when their perceptions of life are determined by the love, caring, understanding, and nurture afforded to them by adults such as parents, grandparents, teachers, and caretakers whom they trust and love. The poems look at life through the innocent but watchful eyes of a child, and herein lie their value for adults as well. Adults may enjoy reading the poems, as they will see the world created by the poems through the eyes of a child.

The activities enhance a childs experience and interaction with every poem, and broaden the scope for understanding and learning. The activities focus on reading, language, social sciences, nature, welfare, art, and sports as well as supported and independent research.

The poems included in this book are:

My Little Tree House

Harry the Horse

Hey Mister Postman

Mr. Sunshine

My Little Teddy Bear

The Rainbow

Children of the World

The Wooden Park Bench

Grandma

A Cricket Bat

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Jul 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452524603

Manie Moodley

The author has been a school teacher for more than thirty years and has been writing poetry for the past twenty years. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree, a university teaching diploma, an honors degree in comparative education, and a master of teaching with a special education focus qualification.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-2459-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-2460-3 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 07/24/2014

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For my granddaughter, Arya

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

MY LITTLE TREE HOUSE

HARRY THE HORSE

HEY MISTER POSTMAN

MR SUNSHINE

MY LITTLE TEDDY