It's been cold and chilly the last couple days. A good deal of the leaves fell from all the wind and rain we had yesterday, but there's still lots of color.
I feel good about all the schooling we got done the last couple days. We started doing art appreciation through a website called Garden of Praise. Here's the url: http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm
For each painting, you read a short bio of the artist, study the painting, explore a link or two, print and do the work sheet, print and color or free-hand draw the painting, then there's a link that takes you to a jigsaw puzzle to put the painting back together-that's fun! It's perfect for Jonah, but I have Hannah go a little bit more in depth with research.
Here's a poem we read this week that we all loved:
It Couldn't Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So, he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That couldn't be done and you'll do it.
by Edgar Guest
My MIL called me today. She is on some commitee for MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and they want to know if I will SPEAK in front of PEOPLE at a mops meeting (something I've never gone to) about contentment!
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