Birds, Love & Beethoven

This week has been a fun, full week.  Kristin learned about the chipping sparrow, its chirps, how the nest is made of light, thin roots and horse hair from the mane or tail.  The eggs are blue with black spots on one end.  She had fun playing with a basket full of eggs we have in a rooster basket pretending she was the mother bird.

John-Mark finished the study of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.  This story has many character lessons.  The most important of them is that you never get what you want by lying, being deceit, or murdering.  Not to take passion to the extreme.  He liked the sword fighting in it mostly but thought that these families that held on to this grudge with one another wasn't worth losing their children over.  And sadly they didn't learn the lesson until it was to late.   

Our composer this term is still Beethoven.  The kids have their MP3's downloaded with selected songs studies.  And our artist study is Albrecht Durer.  Here is one of his painting you most likely recognize.

In history we are in the middle ages.  Just got through the Vikings and learning how poor and uneducated people were in these times.  Kings were prideful and greedy and lots of war.  So much blood shed for the freedom we have today.  Thank you Jesus for your blood that was shed and the freedom we now have from the chains that bound us.

Daniel is doing well.  He is learning math, reading, and writing.  He studies music and art and oh yes, I almost forgot our nature walks on Fridays.  We are studying "trees" this term.  It has been so interesting.  We have learned alot about evergreens and deciduous trees, pines, and oak.  The best part for the kids is jumping in the creek and getting wet and muddy.

So thats it for now.  I hope to post every week if time allows.

Blessings.