ANZAC Day - an Ode to the Fallen

For the Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children

England mourns for her dead across the sea,

Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,

Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal

Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,

There is music in the midst of desolation

And glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow,

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again,

They sit no more at familiar tables of home,

They have no lot in our labour of the daytime,

They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires and hopes profound,

Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,

To the innermost heart of their own land they are known

As the stars are known to the night.

As the stars shall be bright when we are dust,

Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,

As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,

To the end, to the end, they remain.

I found this write up about this poem over at ANZAC Day "The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in The Winnowing Fan: Poems of the Great War in 1914. This verse, which became the Ode for the Returned and Services League, has been used in association with commemoration services in Australia since 1921."

Resources

• Gallipoli by Kerry Greenwood
• ANZAC Day
• Learning about Anzac Day a collection of ideas to help young children about war from over at Suzie's Home Education Ideas. 
• 10 Ways to help Children Understand Anzac Day over at Suzie's Home Education Ideas.  
• A collection of Books for World War 1 over at Seven Little Australians & Counting. 
• Free Printable ANZAC Unit for Young Learners over at Our Worldwide Classroom.
• On Pinterest
• Australian Army ANZAC Day
• The playing of the Last Post on YouTube
• Classroom Activities on ANZAC Day
• A is for ANZACs
• Words of Remembrance
• Make a poppy
• Lest We Forget Download - printables, recipe, crafts etc.

Mousephant and Macawnivore {Virtual Fridge}

This Week
Ever since we discovered a cartoon tutorial on The Lorax DVD we have been diligently checking out all the extra features on our children's DVD's.  So far we have learned to draw The Lorax and Turbo.  Last week we borrowed a blue ray version of The Croods and learned how to draw a Mousephant and Macawnivore. These tutorials are only available on the Blue-ray version.

I discovered that DreamWorks Animation have uploaded 8 drawing tutorials for The Croods on YouTube. The Mousephant and Macawnivore are not on this playlist.



Featured This Week

Montessori Nature shares FREE Art Appreciation Printables for Painting and a tutorial on how she uses them.

Your Turn

I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.

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Blessings
Chareen

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Philippians in 28 Weeks {Review}

I've always admired people who memorize complete chapters or books of the bible and wondered how they do it.

For me scripture memorization work has always been difficult.  I hate to learn things by route it's always just been in the to hard basket. This however has never diminished my desire to memorize chapters or books of the bible.  Recently Home School Adventure Co offered us the opportunity to study and memorize the book of Philippians in 28 Weeks.

What we received
We were given Philippians in 28 Weeks ESV eBook version.

The book contains: the story behind memorizing the book of Philippians in 28 weeks, instructions on how to use the program, Chapter 1 - 4, Chapter 1-4 review, the log, the cards and about the author.  There are a number of suggestions on how to use the book and the steps to memorize the book of Philippians are explained in the instructions in the front of the book.

How we used it
I printed two copies of the eBook one double sided for me and one single sided for Sir N.  Having the pages single sided made it much easier for him to do the copy work of each scripture and the fill in notebook pages. I took it to Office Works and had it bound to keep the pages together in one neat book.

We also printed the scripture memory cards and laminated them for durability.

The principle behind the program is summed up in five basic steps

1. Read
2. Record
3. Repeat
4. Review
5. Recite

The recommended pace is to memorize approximately one new verse a day for six days and then recap the verses already learned.  We had every intention of maintaining this rhythm but soon discovered it was not working for us and becoming a chore rather than a joy.  We have since slowed down and are enjoying it much more.

Whenever we start a new verse to memorize we write out the verse in our journal using the copywork page.  Having the scripture already there on the page made it so much easier for Sir N to write and copy.

Sir N copy work

Every six days the journal contains a reflection area where there are specific questions relating to the scriptures you have learned as well as a page to note the insights you have gained from reading through the book of Philippians during the week. These questions are a wonderful tool in helping with your meditation upon the word.  I'm looking forward to seeing what I have learned in the weeks to come as we move through our journey of becomeing a walking epistle once we know the book of Philippians.

Cost of Philipians in 28 Weeks

• ESV / KJV** Complete print edition $28.95
• ESV* Complete eBook edition $14.95
• Philippians memory cards $9.95

* ESV = English Standard Version
** KJV = King James Version

Homeschool Adventure is offering you 10% discount on the following eBook purchases (expires 15 May 2014).

1. Philosophy Adventure
2. Mere Christianity Journal
3. Philippians in 28 Weeks
4. The Wise Woman with Literary Analysis Journal Questions

Use the code: CREW-10 to receive your 10% discount on the download purchases until the 15th May.

Recommended Age Range

• For ages 12 and up. 
• For read aloud and discussion as a family: ages 9-11. 
• High schooler's can do this independently.

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What we thought
If you want to become a walking epistle then Philippians in 28 Weeks is for you.

Spending time in one book of the bible is helping us to better understand and grasp the Word and become better acquainted with it's meaning and more importantly it's application to our lives. The more we memorize the more scripture is permeating our daily living.  I am looking forward to completing this memory challenge and becoming more importantly a living epistle of our Lord and Saviour.

I do hope that Home School Adventure Co produce more books of the bible to memorize in this format.

Blessings
Chareen