Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Samples From My Copybook

Since copywork is a part of our Language Arts, I started my own copybook. Here are a few quotes:

"And I slept, dreaming a perfect dream. The fields had turned to a sea that gleamed like sun on glass."-Sarah, Plain and Tall

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name"
-Sarah, Plain and Tall

"It's work, son," Father said, "that's what money is, it's hard work."
-Farmer Boy

"It was farmers that took all that country and made it America, son. Don't you ever forget that."-Farmer Boy

"But my only year on Sweetbriar, the frosty trees were tipped with stars, and I felt at home with only the wind, and the wild island horses that rose from the sea."
--The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar

"You must do something to make the world more beautiful"-Miss Rumphius







Taking Some Time to Enjoy These Books

Monday, April 20, 2009

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork







Saturday, April 11, 2009

Around the Town with Books We Enjoy!

When I Was Young in the Mountains
Hanna's Cold Winter



Farmer Boy

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening


Goodnight Moon


Mrs. Katz and Tush ( I know, this one has a tail)


Babar

Madeline ("to the tiger in the zoo, Madeline just said...")



The Glorious Flight Little House on the Prairie

Angus Lost

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Andy and the Lion

Daniel's Duck
Owl Moon







Happy Easter!




For you, BB


Colors














Friday, April 10, 2009

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!