Ahhh…I’m excited to be sharing the lovely poem Sonnets from the Portuguese: Number 43, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with my children this week.  I really wish I had thought and been clever and shared this the week of Valentines.  It would have been perfect!

Sonnets from the Portuguse: Number 43 
How do I love thee? Let me […]

 I was thrilled to find this online version of Homer’s The Odyssey in a prose form.  I think this version will be much easier on the little listening ears.  This site offers a simple version and then one that is more detailed.  We are reading the latter.  Seriously, it has taken me a whole lifetime […]

Our poem of the week is Ode on a Grecian Urn which was written by the English poet, John Keats (1795-1821). He was one of the most prominent poets during the English Romantic Movement. Keats planned on being a surgeon’s apprentice, but gave that up to become a poet. His poems are filled […]

Our poem for this week is one that was written by Thomas Hardy. We read that Mr. Hardy was big on writing peices that portrayed the characters struggling against there unfortunate circumstances and their desires. He was not a Christian and really liked to delve into the spirit world. He wrote about […]