Call for ONLINE POETRY CONTEST-"Little Muses Mississauga." The Rising City of Mississauga is the theme of the poetry contest LITTLE MUSES MISSISSAUGA. Any child from anywhere and any city between the ages of 8 years to 16 years can participate as per the category of their group. Kids could go to 'Pics & Tips' to know more about the city of Mississauga. The poems are to be submitted on the link "Submit Poem Online". Visit: http://little-muses-mississauga.blogspot.ca

1. ...Helping your child to write
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2. Tips on writing
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3.  Rhyming
games are a great place to start
while teaching younger kids about poetry
 Pick a word, think of all the words that
rhyme with that word.
 Try first with one-syllable words, and then
with words of two or more syllables
 This helps them to enjoy it more
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4.  Pick
or see any object a pencil, a plate, sky
or a tree, children, parks, Ontario lake, light
house, Credit river, City Hall, anything
around. Then write down everything you
notice about that object.
 Try and relate it to Mississauga.
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5.  Think
of an adjective, like blue, soft,
bright, sleepy, awake, list is limitless
 Try and relate these to Mississauga
 Write down all the words you can think of
that have the same meaning as that
adjective
 list will help a lot when you're trying to
describe things
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6. Performing poetry is taking a poem and "acting it
out” with……………...
 Rhythm, sense of movement
 Use visuals that are attached to the words and
sentences
 Performing the above leaves a strong emotional
impact
 This creates an in-depth relationship with the
language which actually takes the child beyond
the language skills
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7.  List
out words which connect you to that
idea or the object
 Try and relate them together
 Add some more words to elaborate
 They will start turning into a poem
 Live with the ideas for a while
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8.  You
have to hear, and like, your own words,
in your own ears, before anyone else does.
 Try and relate them together
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9.  It’s
fun to hear your words rolling off of
someone else’s tongue
 Try and relate them together
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10. A
poem
 A poem
 A poem
things
 A poem
 A poem
 A poem
 A poem
doesn’t have to be long
doesn’t have to be serious
doesn’t have to be about important
doesn’t have to
doesn’t have to
doesn’t have to
doesn’t have to
rhyme
be shown to anybody
be funny
have a message
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11. A
poem can be any of these things, and many
more
 The only thing a poem really has to do, is to
please you, the writer, and make you glad
that you wrote it

12. Share your poem with us
we will share it with the world.
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13. A poem is a little path
That leads you through the trees.
It takes you to the cliffs and shores,
To anywhere you please.
Follow it and trust your way
With mind and heart as one,
And when the journey’s over,
You’ll find you’ve just begun.
-by Charles Ghigna