Poetry Out Loud

I organized the qualifying round for homeschoolers in the "Poetry Out Loud" competition today. The One-room Schoolhouse was the perfect setting for our 9 students.

My boys did GREAT with their first public recitations, although we have memorized poetry in homeschool for years.
Polar Bear: "My Native Land" by Sir Walter Scott;

Dorito: "Song of the Powers" by David Mason
(spoof on Rock, Paper, Scissors);

Winger: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. So heartened that we use a literature-based curriculum, and that my boys would participate without a fuss, and that they would enjoy it so much.