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It's coming up on Rudyard Kipling week in my home school co-op English classroom! (You can read more about his life here: Rudyard Kipling .) We're going to read three of his "Just So Stories" (like "How the Camel Got His Hump") and three of his poems ("If" and "The Thousandth Man" and "L'Envoi").  Some of these pieces can be found in The Book of Virtues, and you can listen to a narration of Just So Stories on-line.  Kipling is perhaps best known for his Jungle Books , later made into a Disney movie.  You can also see an intriguing virtual animation of " If ." Here is my favorite piece by Kipling, which is obviously drawn from this own varied life experiences: "If" If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied abou...

An assignment for my 5th-6th grade co-op students... Look at each of the nine pictures very carefully. You can click on them to enlarge them. The dates listed are approximately when the art was created.   All of the ones in this post are related to the birth of Christ.    The paintings are from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (I had to take the pictures from a slight angle because otherwise I was getting a glare from the flash.)  These paintings and sculptures were created during the  Renaissance . Some of them are  gilded . Many of the the titles contain the words madonna  and  adoration . Click on each of these four bold words and write down definitions. There are Bible passages linked below three of the paintings.  Read each one. Writing assignment: Tell which one is your favorite piece of art and why. Then describe this picture or sculpture in at least three sentences. "The Adoration of the Shepherds" by Giorgione, 15...