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]
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 Christening by A. A. Milne
April 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This is the last poem we will be learning this school year! I can’t believe we are almost to the end of the school year! Wow! This year truly flew by! 🙂 This last poem is just a short, fun little poem about a mouse. Here is the video to help your child memorize it: [Read On]
Poetry – Where Go the Boats?
April 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
This is another sweet and wonderful poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Did you ever play at a river or creek growing up? I did! And we had so much fun exploring in the water, making up games, finding ways to catch fish, building with rocks, among many more creative activities we came up with. Such [Read On]
Poetry – The Land of Story-Books
March 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our new poem is “The Land of Story-Books” by Robert Louis Stevenson. This is another great poem that invites your imagination to run wild and picture the scenes the author describes in each stanza. I made a short video featuring this poem. My kids watch it everyday during breakfast to help them memorize it. Here [Read On]
Poetry – Merry Sunshine
February 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We have a new poem! The author of this poem is anonymous (what a great opportunity to teach my kids a new vocabulary word). Here’s the video to go with it: My kids have enjoyed this poem a lot. They like to take turns pretending to be the child and the sun. They even change [Read On]
Poetry – Windy Nights
January 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This week we will be learning the poem Windy Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson. Would you like to listen to it? Here’s the video: This poem allows us to introduce the concept of metaphors. I am looking forward to talking to my children about how we can use different words or nouns to describe a [Read On]