Posted in nature study on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Raindrops.
Cool, gentle breeze with singing rain.
Cantaloupe and grape-smelling counter.
Bunny hopping around the backyard.
Worms crawling on rocks, not knowing that they will be eaten by a robin.
Silent road with occasional swishing sound.
Rain-covered grass like green glittery swords bowing to the wind.
Plants with sharp spines stand majestically without one move.
Trees stand their ground.
Bird of prey soaring gracefully [...]
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Posted in art on August 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Joseph Mallord William Turner was born on April 23, 1775 in London. His earlier paintings were mostly watercolors and he used landscapes for subjects. He then moved to oil paintings.
His works were divided into three periods:
In the first period, his subjects were mythological and historical scenes.
In the second period, his works were defined by more [...]
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Posted in geography on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
If I talk to someone from South America, I would ask, “do you know anything about the Incas?” Reading about them fascinates me.
Did you know most of South America is in the Southern Hemisphere? But part of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana are on the Northern Hemisphere. Part of Brazil is in the [...]
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Posted in history, science on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
John James Audubon grew up in France and was educated in Paris. He was very talented at drawing and even had lessons with a French painter. His father had him shipped to America so that he wouldn’t have to fight the wars of Napoleon.
One day in America, John James tied a string around a baby [...]
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Posted in art, nature study on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
If I were transformed into a form of nature for a day, I would be a squirrel. I could dig holes and explore what’s under, collect nuts and climb trees to drop them on people, and if people tried to get me, I could run away in a flash!
I could eat berries, and burrow underground [...]
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Posted in homeschool, writing on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For Writing today, I got to play with different word choices. It started up with a simple sentence from the book. I had to cross out the two verbs and two nouns and replace them with other words. I read them out loud and combined the words in different ways. I came up with some [...]
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Posted in nature study on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Mama was really happy with my nature journal entry today three weeks ago that she published it on her blog. She suggested that I should do the same here.
It is mid-summer. With the blue skies, cool breeze and warm weather, it is a beautiful day. A male robin, perched on one of our deck posts, [...]
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