Magnetic Poetry: Cooking It all started with a song and a sneeze. Dave Kapell, founder of Magnetic Poetry, was suffering from writer's block while trying to compose song lyrics. To overcome this problem, he wrote down interesting words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, looking for inspiration. What he hadn't figured into this experiment was his allergies. One good sneeze and any progress was sent flying across the room. Dave decided to glue the words to pieces of magnets and stick them to a pizza tin. Then he got hungry and the now magnetized words made their way to the refrigerator door. Before too long Dave wasn't the only one rearranging his would-be song lyrics. When friends came over, Dave noticed they started to move the magnets around, amusing themselves by writing the first magnetic poems.
After seeing his friends having fun, Dave thought he might be able to sell his word kits at a local craft fair. He made up 100 kits and set up shop at Calhoun Square, a mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. All 100 kits were gone after 3 hours. That night, he recruited as many friends as pizza and beer could draw and made up more kits--all of which sold as rapidly the next day.
From these beginnings, Magnetic Poetry has now sold over three million word kits, over one billion word tiles--growing from the Original Kit to a kid's line of kits, to foreign language kits, to Voice/theme kits.
Teachers--learn why Magnetic Poetry is a valid teaching tool, how it builds writing & reading confidence and find opportunities to bring curriculum alive with lessons that teach and entertain simultaneously!
Lessons for Pre-readers, Early Readers and Groups or Individuals with advanced skills available at: http://www.magneticpoetry.com/educat/teach1.html
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| AGES | 3-4 years, 5-6 years, 7-8 years, 9+, Teens, Adults | | INTERESTS | Art, Cooking, Foreign Languages, French, Friends, Love, Poetry, Reading & Writing, School, Spanish | |
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Yiddish Magnetic Poetry
Yiddish, the language of European Jewry, is based in German with elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic and Romance languages. Though it reached its height as a complete language before World War II, it is experiencing a renaissance today. American English is peppered with common Yiddishisms such as deli, schmooze, glitch, maven, and schmuck. This kit contains a mix of Yiddish and English words, as well as a mini Yiddish dictionary, allowing everybody to join in the fridge door kibitz! A slight variation on the Magnetic Poetry theme, this kit contains common phrases cut into pieces as well as words and word fragments; mix them up for hilarious results! Some find them easier to use than the seperate-word-tile kits. Everyone finds them a ton of fun! Contains over 300 magnets. 4.75 w x 3 h x 1.25 inches d.
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