May Day Baskets
May Day is almost here and the children can’t wait to make these easy, cone-shaped May Day baskets again. They enjoy hanging them on our neighors’ doors and running away. More ideas for May Day baskets can be found here.
Poetry Friday
God’s Grandeurby Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1918 THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with…
Calling all Catholic Homeschoolers with Blogs
A Catholic Mom in Hawaii has put together a wonderful Catholic Homeschool Blog Directory. If your blog is not already part of the directory, please e-mail Esther and tell her about your blog.
It’s a Sad Day for Mexico City
Lawmakers in Mexico City voted to legalize abortion on Tuesday. Please pray for the lawmakers, the residents of Mexico, and especially the babies. More information is available from Life News, www.lifenews.com/int264.html
Father Goose
Last week, my husband and I watched Father Goose, starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron. It is a delightful movie about a man, “Mother Goose” who is persuaded to live on a deserted island and spot aircraft for the Australians during World War II. When Mother Goose (a.k.a. the Filthy Beast) is sent to rescue…
Starfish
by Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Robin Brickman A couple of years ago, as I perused the children’s Science section of our local library, my eyes alighted on Starfish and I scooped it from the shelf. Starfish, originally published in 1962 and read by children in Montessori schools, was republished in 2000 as part of…
Poetry Friday
This week’s poem can be found in Our Lady’s Garden.
A Child’s Work
“Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants – doing nothing but living and walking about – came to know all things, to carry in their minds the whole of learning: would you not think I was romancing? Well, just this, which seems so fanciful…
Sharing
I am 3 months old. I like to sleep on someone. I also like sticking my tongue out. My mommy still needs to get a photo of me rolling over, but she never has a camera when I do. I have Patrick to thank for my latest milestone. Yesterday, I started blowing “raspberries” in the…