Tales
Enjoy fairy tales, folk tales, foreign tales, faith tales with a tasty sprinkling of poetry mixed in! All students are invited! Charlotte Mason Form I students will especially enjoy these tales hand-picked for them!
Sources:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html#Page_21
https://rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-kids/poems-for-kids-by-robert-louis-stevenson/a-good-play-by-robert-louis-stevenson/
Episodes
48 episodes
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Today we enjoy an Aesop's Fable and poetry from Christina Rossetti!
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3:07
The Hare & the Tortoise
Today we enjoy an Aesop's Fable and poetry from Christina Rossetti!
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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2:50
Two Mules and A Game of Cards
Today we read about Two Mules for our Aesop's Fable, and we hear a Christina Rossetti Poem "The Queen of Hearts". Hear about the country with salt problems, on Brilliant Mornings, here:
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5:28
Boasting Didn't Help the Fox
Today we read an Aesop's Fable about a boastful fox, and two poems - one is our favorite, called The Swing, by Robert Lewis Stevenson! Also - FOR 3 DAYS ONLY AMAZING HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES GIVEAWAY including our own ARTIFACT History Magazine for ...
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6:24
Cinco de Mayo May Poems and Two Goats
Aesop helps us figure out what to do when you and a friend or sibling just cannot back down in a disagreement!Today we also have two wonderful poems about May! Please see Amblesideonline.org for more excellent poetry selections! We...
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3:53
April's Almost Gone!
Enjoy an Aesop's Fable:THE SHEEP AND THE PIGOne day a shepherd discovered a fat Pig in the meadow where his Sheep were pastured. He very quickly captured the porker, which squealed at the top of its voice the moment the She...
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2:30
The Complaining Wheels
THE OXEN AND THE WHEELSA pair of Oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along a miry country road. They had to use all their strength to pull the wagon, but they did not complain.The Wheels of the wagon were of a differen...
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3:14
Welcome March!
Today we hear an Aesop's Fable about boys throwing stones at frogs, and two wonderful poems: Written in March, by William Wordsworth To March, by Emily Dickinson
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5:27
The Farmer and the Stork
The AESOP's Fable today teaches us about keeping good company, and our poetry invites us to keep peace with our siblings!
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2:47
Invent Something!
Let's read an Aesop's Fable about ingenuity, and hear about how a spider used his ingenuity for something not so lovely in the poem, "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt.
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5:31
Valentine's Week!
We enjoy an Aesop's fable about how we can destroy all we love by trying to get rich...followed by three lovely poems!
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2:50
Humility and Cocoa
Our Aesop's fables come from The Aesop for Children by Aesop; by Milo Winter.Poems:The Shortest Month, Adeline WhitneyAnimal Crackers, Christopher Morley (Songs for a Little House, 1917)
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4:42
Wintery Fun with Aesop and Poems
Frigit temperatures today with a layer of snow upon the world? Let's hear some poems about snow, play a game, and hear about a city mouse and a country mouse!Our Aesop's Fable is taken from: THE ÆSOP FOR CHILDREN, Copyr...
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6:53
Martin Luther and Inauguration Day!
Let's hear from some great minds of the past as they describe what our nation's prosperity is based upon, and as they pray for our nation!
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7:03
Week 2 - How to Outsmart a Fox
Today, we read an Aesop's Fable from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, and two poems that have you observe nature closely! How would you describe the tail of an animal you see? How would you describe the sound your footsteps make on your next ...
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4:58
New Years!
Let's welcome the New Year with some wonderful poems and an Aesop's Fable about doing what you say you will do!Note: In one of the poems, New Year Snow, by Edith Nesbit, a winding-sheet is mentioned. A winding-sheet is...
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3:45
A Mayflower Girl
Hear the story of Mary Chilton, a girl on the Mayflower, presented by Mrs. Karen Christophersen!
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17:51
Wednesday - Thanksgiving Week "Who Will?" in Mandarin
What a necessary phrase! Let's learn a series and use the question "Who will....?" as we continue in learning The Little Red Hen in Mandarin!
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3:57
Monday - Thanksgiving Week
We have two poems about giving thanks, and an Aesop's fable today! Enjoy this special week!
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6:39
Friday - The Stealing of Helen Part 4
This exciting ancient tale (told by Homer but retold by Andrew Lang, whose version we read today) continues and we find out whether the Greeks give up or stay to fight the Trojans for their stealing of Helen.
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6:42
Wednesday Mandarin Lesson "Grew and Grew"
Today we learn about the secret code of Mandarin - verbs don't change into past tense, but instead another word is added to let us know when/how the verb is happening! How fascinating! We are working on being able to understand the ...
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4:24