The first poetry verse I recall writing I wrote because in my, then, twelve-year-old opinion, an author had eliminated important information from a cat poem my English class was deciphering. As far I as I was concerned, the poem had a much better ending after I allowed cat owners everywhere to brag about the joy their cats gave them.

While in fifth grade, I became one of a few students at my school to engage in a program teaching younger students to read.

 
I taught four of my children to read, write, and compute numbers before they went to kindergarten. Through my assistance, all of these children excelled and entered the Gifted and Talented Education program (GATE) when they became grade level eligible. The first has earned her Veterinarian credentials.

In addition to teaching special children, and my own, I’ve instructed classes within and outside the realm of High School and College student status.

For the purposes of MyStoriesAndPoem workshops, my efforts will be concentrated on reinforcing Academic Content Standards for Language Arts while teaching poems that rhyme. I happen to be partial to rhyming poetry and believe they are more fun, challenging, and rewarding for kids than free verse.

Other poems I have written may be found at my first website, FUNNYPOEMSFORKIDS.COM. Poems children have sent in, eager to have their work displayed, can be found on the "Kids Page" at that site. A Kid's page will be added to this site in the future.