Blog Vacation - We will meet again soon

Well dear readers, we a taking a short break from this blog as we will not have a computer or internet service for a time.  We will be working hard though during our break and will share with you those things we have learned as soon as we come back.  Makes us realize how much we rely on computers when we have to do without them for awhile.  We cannot wait to see you again and to share our learning with you.  Until we meet again, my friends, may God hold you in His hands...

Vowels by Isabelle and Noah

There are only 5 vowels and they are A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y.  There are short vowels and long vowels.  They make short sounds like uh and long sounds like ee.  Vowels are medium hard.  They aren't super hard or really easy, just kind of in between.  All the other letters in the alphabet are called consonants.
*Mother's Note ~ Thanks to Darla for taking Wednesday afternoons to help Isabelle and Noah with their reading.  Every little contribution helps their learning experience.  It is appreciated.

Honey Bees by Isabelle

Bees take nectar from flowers.  Bees make honey out of nectar.  They live in hives.  The Queen has the job of having the babies so the hive will have enough worker bees.  Bees are very important because they pollinate most of our plants.  Bees have "baskets" on their legs and they can carry honey there.  The female bees who are not the Queen cannot have babies but they are in charge of making the honey.  The worker / field bees bring in the nectar to the female bees.  They heat and cool the hive by flapping their wings to heat the hive and they spit water on the hive to cool it.  They are covered in fur which lets them pollinate all year. 

Your Weather by Isabelle

Look outside everyone.  It is really cloudy today!  It is even kind of chilly right now.  A cold front came into our area and it is 64 degrees right now.  The high today is supposed to be 76 with a chance of rain.  I am glad it is cooler.  It has been so hot we didn't even want to play outside but now we can.  So everybody get outside and enjoy the weather before it gets hot again.  Glenn has vacation in two weeks and we get to go camping.  I hope it is not hot then and is like it is now.  Have fun today while the weather is nice.  We are going to.

Clouds by Isaac, Noah, and Isabelle

Clouds are made of tiny drops of water.  If you want to see what a cloud is wait for a foggy day.  Fog is a cloud on the ground.  In cartoons you see people sitting on clouds but that is just make-believe.  You can't sit on clouds, you'd fall down.  Clouds aren't cotton candy either.  They look kind of fluffy like cotton candy, but they aren't.  They make shapes in the air like a dragon, a fairy, a wolf but those are just shapes the cloud made.  Yesterday we saw a dragon.  All of us and Mom always find stuff in the clouds.  It is one of our favorite things to do.  Mom likes us to use our imaginations and she does it too.  We are fixing to learn the different types of clouds and will share what we learn here.  This is just so you know, you can't really sit on clouds and they probably aren't good to eat either.

The Tower of Babel by Noah

The king ordered the people to build a tower that went all the way up to heaven.  The people all spoke the same language and worked together to build it.  They bragged and thought everyone would know them because of the tower.  So, God came down to see the tower and it made Him mad that they were so full of pride and not of God.  God made it to where they all spoke different languages and he spread them all over the world.  The tower was never finished.  God doesn't like us to be filled with pride and not to put Him first.  We shouldn't brag or disobey our Mom or only think of ourselves.  Sometimes I disobey Mom and don't think about how she feels.  God doesn't like that so I think that is something I should work on.

Franz Schubert by Isaac, Noah and Isabelle

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer.  He died at age 31.  He had parties at his house called Schubertiades.  All his friends would come over and they would play the piano and sing.  They had games and dancing too!  He wrote 8 symphonies and over 600 songs. Sometimes he wrote 3-4 in a day. He asked to be buried near Beethoven who he had admired all his life and he was buried next to him.  The last song he asked to hear as he was dying was Beethoven's actually.  His nickname was Tubby and his friends loved him because he was so nice and friendly and fun!!  He slept with his glasses on so when he woke up he wouldn't have to look for them before he began composing.  He was called the "Master of the German Song."  His most famous work is the "Unfinished Symphony."  We all liked his music because it sounds fun and happy!


We have studied a bunch of composers and we all have our favorites but this is the first time we have studied Shubert and we liked his music so much, we wanted to share it with everyone.