In August, Oklahoma is usually unbearably hot. We tend to start school early because we would rather be outside in December than in August. Our CC Community’s Challenge classes open early in August also because our location does a lot of outreach during December. So, our summer of light school and lots of freedom is in May, June, and July.
We’ve dubbed our morning circle time “Council of Oaks” because it is a gathering of Oaks. Here are some resources we might use in August.
(Each of these links is an Amazon affiliate link that supports the work we do at Educating Oaks and in our homeschool. I have read them all, so I can recommend them. You can look for them wherever you wish, even in your local library.)
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson’s Poems online: Poets.org; PoemHunter; Poetry Foundation
Poem to Memorize: “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
Folk Song: The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
Sung by:
Hymn: Nothing but the Blood by Robert Lowry
(Sheet Music Here)
Sung by:
Scripture Memory:
Philippians 1:1-6 ESV and 7-11 ESV
Philippians 1:1-6 KJV and 7-11 KJV
Artist: Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses’s Work online: here; and here, and here, and especially here
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky’s Works on Amazon Prime Music:
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2