Our new poem will be Clouds by Christina Rossetti. It is a short little poem, very easy to memorize and act out. The kids enjoy moving with the poem as we recite it. When the wind is blowing, they move and wiggle around; when the wind stops, they freeze and stand still. Here’s a short [Read On]
Poetry – A Model of Christian Charity
February 20, 2017 by 1 Comment
Our History studies will bring us to the beginnings of our country. In Poetry, we have chosen to memorize a few excerpts of the sermon delivered by Governor John Winthrop. At the time, he was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This sermon was delivered aboard the Arbella. I love the absolute truths delivered [Read On]
A Mighty Fortress is Our God – Poetry
December 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
During the next three weeks, my Kindergarten class will be memorizing the first two stanzas of the hymn “A Mighty Fortress” by Martin Luther. We will be studying about Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in our History, so we thought it would line up perfectly to memorize this old hymn. I found a really [Read On]
Beowulf
August 28, 2016 by 1 Comment
This year we will be studying Medieval and Renaissance Era in our History curriculum. Some of our Poetry will be related to that era. Our co-op will be memorizing a couple of excerpts from “Beowulf”. Last week, we spent some time reading about Beowulf, watching some videos and having some discussion about what this poem [Read On]
Mark Antony’s Speech in Julius Caesar
March 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The next piece of Poetry we will be memorizing with our kids is an excerpt from Mark Antony’s Speech in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Our kids are enjoying it, specially watching the short video I created. I also created some worksheets to help my kids memorize it. I typed the poem [Read On]
Romulus and Remus by Rudyard Kipling
November 7, 2015 by 2 Comments
Since we are studying ancient history this year, our Poetry is related to the topics we are learning about. The founding of Rome is one of the topics we will be covering in the next few weeks, so we will be memorizing the poem “Romulus and Remus” by Rudyard Kipling. I put together this video [Read On]
Poetry – Laocoon’s Warning
September 4, 2015 by 1 Comment
This year we will be studying Ancient History. Some of our Poetry will be related to the History, so for the next three weeks we will focus on learning a portion of the Latin poem “The Aeneid”, translated by Robert Fagles. We will memorize the segment where Laocoon warns the Trojans about accepting the Trojan [Read On]
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
August 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We love poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. This is a very fun poem for kids. So we decided to work on memorizing this piece of poetry. I found an animated video of the poem and my kids love watching it. Here are some of the resources I created to go with the poem. 1. Written [Read On]
Poetry – The Squirrel
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hello readers! The first poem we will be memorizing this year is a short, fun poem. I found that it can have two different titles. Some people have titled it “The Squirrel”, while others have titled it “Whisky, Frisky”. The author is anonymous. I made a short video with the pictures I used in the [Read On]
The New Colossus
December 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The next poem we will be memorizing is The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. We have read a few books about the history of the Statue of Liberty, watched videos, looked at pictures and articles online. We have learned a lot the past few weeks. I love how much I get to learn as a [Read On]