The next poem we will be memorizing is a really fun one. It tells a little story about a Puffin. Here’s the video to go with it: I have made a few sheets to go with it. The first one is the poem typed up with illustrations. The second one is a sheet with just [Read On]
The Land of Counterpane – Poetry
December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Another beautiful and sweet poem this week! We are working on memorizing The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson. I love the pictures in the book “A Child’s Garden of Verses”. I love how the picture describes the entire poem. What do you think? I made a video to go with the poem. I [Read On]
Poetry – Bed in Summer
November 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our new poem is Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson. My mother-in-law used to read the book “A Child’s Garden of Verses” to my husband and his sister when they were little. She had given us a copy of this book a while ago, but after moving I had forgotten about it. Recently, my [Read On]
Poetry – The Little Turtle
October 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our Kindergarten class is learning this cute and short poem this week: Here are the different materials you can download to help you learn the poem. Written poem with illustrations. You can hang this sheet on the wall for quick and easy reference. Sheet with just the pictures. We really like using this sheet [Read On]
Poetry – The Swing
October 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
The next poem we are memorizing is The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short video to help my kids memorize it. Here it is: As usual, I made the different materials I make to help us with the poem. When you download the file you will find the written poem with pictures [Read On]
Poetry – Once I Saw a Little Bird
October 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our next poem is actually an old nursery rhyme. Here’s the video to go with it: I created some materials to go with the poem in order to help your child memorize it. I typed the poem typed with some pictures to help you remember the words in the poem, and also I made a [Read On]
El Cuerpo – Body Parts
October 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I teach a Spanish class for a local homeschool group. This week we are learning basic vocabulary for the body parts. I made a few resources for the parents to use with the children at home if they desire to do so, and of course, any of my readers are welcomed to download the materials [Read On]
Poetry – Singing
September 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The next poem we are working on is Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short little video to help your child memorize it. Have your child watch the video everyday until they know it by heart. I also made a few sheets to help you with the memorization process. I added picture cards [Read On]
Poetry – Foreign Lands
September 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the next poem we are working on at our homeschool! 🙂 Read the poem to your child first, and have him close his eyes and picture what the poem is describing. Talk about what the author is describing. Show the video to your child, or the sheet with the written poem and pictures. Explain [Read On]
Poetry – At the Seaside
September 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s our first poem! Like I explained in the previous post, I will have a video for each poem so your child can watch it over and over until they have memorized it. Here’s the video … I have also made a few sheets to help you and your child memorize the poem. The [Read On]