October's Moon and Verses to Share

It's a beautiful month for moon watching and charting.  Maia's 5th grade class is keeping a Moon Phase log and the timing couldn't be better.  

Yesterday there was a total lunar eclipse of the Full Hunter's Moon.  Native Americans called it the Hunter's Moon as it signifies a time to go hunting in preparation for the winter cold.  We are preparing for the cold and a new season.  We've decided to buy a wood stove to help with our heating costs and because I love making fires each day when it's cold outside.  And for a new season in life, I've been trying to prepare an office space for full time writing after I'm done working on a big fundraiser that ends at our middle school next week.  

Here are a few sweet verses you can share with your children this month:

~Moon, So Round~

Polish Folk Song

Moon, so round and bright,

Looking from on high,

How I love to see you there,

Shining in the sky!

Where are you at morn,

When the night is past,

When the sun comes peeping down

Over the hills at last?

 ~My Guardian Angel~

Folk Song, arranged by Johannes Brahms

My guardian angel, pure and bright, 

God's face forever seeing,

Protect me and guide my path aright,

While I have breath and being.

When day departs and night is near, 

Thy light in me be shining; 

Teach me all evil deeds to fear,

My heart too good inclining.  

I remember when Keira had this project in the very same class.  While I do not believe in homework the way it is structured in our society, I do appreciate this type of learning at home because it bring children closer to nature and fosters a connection to the rhythms of the earth.  And it also brings the family together which should be done more often.

  ~The October Huntsman~

The huntsman through the greenwood came,

His heart was bent on finding game;

He wandered here, he wandered there,

He wandered here, he wandered there,

A-hunting, A-hunting through greenwood fair.

His faithful hound was by this side,

They searched the greenwood far and wide;

The hound was keen,the hunter gay,

The hound was keen, the hunter gay,

Together, together A-hunting through the long, bright day.

The Little Acorn Learning October Photo Contest has also just begun!  This month's theme is *Scarecrows and Pumpkins*  

Photography by Melissa Patton -Williams

Send us no more than 3 photos correlating to our theme and then ask family and friends to LIKE them on our Facebook Page!  The photos with the most LIKES wins a free e-book from Little Acorn Learning.  Contest ends 10/19/14

Good luck!!!!