Goofy Poetry for Boys
My oldest son was about five when I discovered that it might, perhaps, be a bit fruitless to stop him from making embarrassing noises with his mouth, and to use the word “toilet” followed by a giggle. I also got a tip from a well-loved preschool teacher that this was in fact, “How boys learn about language. They find this arena of of the human body utterly fascinating.”
So, I reluctantly let it go… but gently reining them in whenever we were in public places, or around other adults, so as not to offend them.
Alan Katz, has brilliantly used this well-known boy fascination to create a book of poems, specifically targeted to reach a young boy’s inner “grossness.” His books is called Oops!
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