Last week, we looked at two kinds of poems, the cinquain and the diamante or diamond poem. We explored parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with poems. Many of you wrote to us and ...

How many syllables are in your name? You probably already know off the top of your head, but count them anyway. I have six. Most of us do the same thing when we're counting. Putting more weight than ...