3/ @jdurran turned these round and developed a matrix of open-ended questions which elicit these responses. These are all in my booklet 'Poetry and Stories for primary and lower secondary schools' but could be adapted for any workshop situation for any group or class.
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Every grandparent should seek out and sing the perfect nursery rhyme appropriate to their particular tiny grand-offspring so that they can participate in actions and noises. By trial and error, I found it yesterday: 'Knees up Mother Brown'. ('HEY!!!')
As 'Zeyde' (Yiddish for grandfather) it will be my duty to pass on:
Herrel Shmerel went to the races
lost his gatkes and his braces.
(Herrel = little chap; shmerel = fool; gatkes either means long johns or trousers.)
Granny's in the kitchen
Doing a bit of stitching
In came the bogeyman
and chased Granny out.
BOO!
Well, said the bogeyman,
that's not fair!
Well, said Granny,
I don't CARE!
In the 1950s and 60s, there was a small group of former teachers, inspectors, teacher trainers - probably no more than 20, possibly less, who made huge stacks of dosh writing text books year after year after year. Remember them?