Tales

An excellent Aesop's Fable on staying out of conflict, and an example of ancient Greeks who could not stay out of conflict! 

Grimm's Brothers brings us a story that sounds so familiar - seven kids (goats, that is) are tricked by a wolf!  Be careful to listen to your mother's warning, everyone!

Today we learn the verbs "make, bake, smell and eat" in Mandarin and we use them in a series!  

Should you say things about people when they can't hear you?  Ask the kid who thought he was hiding from the wolf!  Today we have two delightful poems: "On Virtue" by Phillis Wheatley Peters and "October's Party" by George Cooper.  
Enjoy these beautiful days!

What a wonderful tale about listening to our parents and staying on the right path! Thank you to Bella for playing Little Red Riding Hood today!  

We are getting so good in Mandarin!  Keep listening to September 18th's podcast episode where we tell the whole story of The Little Red Hen! 

Today we learn how to put together using "I" and the names of the animals in sentences!!  Have a blast and find a Mandarin speaker with whom to try out your new sentences!

Happy Monday!  Enjoy Aesop's Fable "The Dog in the Manger" and hear 

"The Wooing of Helen of the Fair Hands" - from Andrew Lang's Tales of Troy and Greece! 

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A prince must overcome his fear to free his beloved princess from her imprisonment as a water lily!  Can he and the princess live happily ever after and outwit the witch who has tried to destroy their love? 

This tale comes from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. 

Let's get a little deeper in our use of verbs in sentences!  We will learn to say, "Hen picked up the seed, and Hen planted the seed."  We will learn to change the subject so that we can say, "I picked up the seed. I planted the seed."  Listen again and again until you feel confident! 

Enjoy Scarlett W. reading about Sour Grapes and some excellent poems by poet Walter de la Mare!  

Remember that this week is Leif Erikson day and you can hear a whole episode about him on the Brilliant Mornings podcast, which focuses on history!