Saturday 26 April 2014

HSMJ Learning about ANZAC, Ships, Sailors & Dinosaurs

In my life this week…
Ben and Me I'm thinking about joining Marcy over at Ben and Me Round 5 of Blogging through the Alphabet. Beginning on Monday, April 28, finishing up the week of Monday, October 20! Anyone else want to join me ?

I've also discovered a lady who does Zentangle art and is a Christian - Chrissie Murphy Designs and she is an Aussie Blogger!


In our home school this week…
 Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…
My favourite thing this week was…
Things I’m working on…

In Bloggy world I’m reading…
A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

"The most difficult thing is 
the decision to act, 
the rest is merely tenacity." 
- Amelia Earhart -
Blessings

Chareen

Homegrown Learners

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Friday 25 April 2014

ANZAC Day - an Ode to 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."

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Thursday 24 April 2014

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.
Virtual Fridge Link Up

Blessings
Chareen


The Virtual Fridge a weekly art meme where we can hang our children's art on a virtual fridge. This meme was started by Jennifer over at A Glimpse of our Life who kindly invited three other bloggers to co-host this weekly meme.

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The linky is on USA EST time and will be open soon.
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