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Bible Stories Kendra is currently reading her Beginner's Bible every morning and doing a narration and an illustration of one of the stories each day. Here's one of Kendra's recent entries from the New Testament. The Farmer's Seeds Jesus liked to tell stories to many people. Once he said he would tell this story about seeds. Once upon a time, a farmer went out to the field to plant some seeds. He spread them all around the place, on rocky parts and some got on the street. The birds ate the ones that got on the street, and the ones on the rocky parts did not grow. The ones on the dirt did grow. They grew very tall. The people didn't understand the story. Jesus said the people who understood the story trust in Jesus, and the people who did not understand the story do not trust God.
Art Lessons Dulcie and Keni are using grids to develop an eye for proportion, and these drawings were made in this fashion. They are very proud of their artwork, and we are too!
 Dulcie is also studying Greek and Roman art and architecture, and drew this picture of a Black-figured vase as we read from Gombrich's Story of Art.
Aesop's Fables As a fourth grader, Dulcie is beginning to transition from oral to written narrations this year, and her first efforts have been narrations of some of Aesop's Fables. The fables we are reading are in their original brief form; they are not the more lengthy modernized retellings. Here is another installment from Dulcie's collection. The Bear and the Two Travelers Once, two travelers were traveling when a bear came to be in their path. One traveler climbed up a tree and hid in the branches. The other one laid (sic) down, and when the bear came and sniffed him he thought him dead. When the bear went, the traveler up in the tree came down and said, "What did he whisper in your ear?" The other traveler said, "He advised me never to travel with someone who deserts you in time of danger." Written narration by Dulcie from the book The Fables of Aesop, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Book Review Big Blast of Science, by Bill Nye, is a cool book. It has chapters about different science topics such as matter, heat, and space. Each chapter contains experiments and facts. The black and white graphics, the fast-paced writing style, and the photos of Bill Nye make reading the book almost like watching the TV show. The book is different from the TV show because you can go back and read interesting parts again, and all the information you need to do the experiments is included. I loved this book because I love science. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves science. Book review, by Dulcie.
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Kendra's Dictation Kendra finished The Real Mother Goose during her first semester of first grade, and she is now reading and taking dictation from McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader.
The Olympics: Then and Now
The Olympics are games and contests that were held in ancient Greece, and they
are still held today. Although they are different now, they are the same in some ways too.
In 776 B.C., the first Olympics were held in Athens. They were held in summer, and they were races and
other competitions. They were held every four years, and only pureblooded Greeks could compete. The
winner of each competition got an olive branch or a wreath of olive branches. The winners gave sacrifices
to Zeus. Wars were stopped when the games were going on, because the games were sacred.
The games were started again in 1894 A.D. Now they are held in different countries every four years, but the
Olympics are open to anyone who wants to compete, and athletes come from many different countries to
participate. Since there are winter Olympics as well as summer Olympics, the winter Olympics are held two
years after the summer Olympics. The winners get medals instead of olive branches. The Olympics are
not sacred anymore; they're just for fun and friendship. Today they stop the Olympics for wars, instead
of stopping wars for the Olympics.
Some things about the Olympics are the same. The athletes have to train for many years to compete. The
games still begin with the lighting of the torch by the sun at Athens, but now they take the torch from
Athens to the country that is hosting the Olympic games.
The Olympics were started in Greece and will hopefully (sic) be continued for many more years. Comparison and Contrast Report, written and revised by Dulcie
Latin Translation Dulcie is progressing in her Latin study, and is supplementing her Matin Latin curriculum with written worksheet drills of noun declensions and verb conjugations every day. She is working hard to learn the past imperfect and future tenses of Latin verbs. This is a translation exercise from Matin Latin which focuses on tenses; Mom revised it slightly and made it into a worksheet for Dulcie. Click on the paper to see a full-size version.
Nature Notes We all love to work in our nature notebooks; here are some recent entries from Dulcie's and Keni's books. The song sparrow was a visitor to our birdfeeders, and the rattlesnake was researched after hearing one in a nearby wood.
 A Merry Morning The smell of cooking bacon called me to breakfast one crisp Saturday morning. The cottage was gorgeous as the warm sunrays of dawn landed on the cottage, making beautiful patterns. When I got to the kitchen, I felt joyful and thankful for Mom's cooking. The breakfast was wonderful! We had eggs, bacon, and pancakes. As I looked around the decorative table, I noticed that everyone seemed exceptionally merry. I felt like the luckiest child in the world. Descriptive writing exercise, by Dulcie.
Puzzle Corner For art lovers, here's a printable word search puzzle of art and architecture terms. Enjoy!
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