Season 10

Join us to think about

The Good life

Season 10: The Wind in the Willows

Featuring

“Blessed Assurance” by Jeff

Stories of Heroes & Saints

Words of Wisdom from the Bible

“Hope is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson

“What Man May Learn, What Man May Do” by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

“Here today, up and off to

somewhere else tomorrow!

Travel, change, interest, excitement!

The whole world before you,

and a horizon that's always changing!”

Follow Along

In classical Christian education, which Charlotte Mason so beautiful interpreted for us, we believe that giving children models for beauty will help to form their hearts to desire that which is beautiful. Its easy to think of this in terms of art and nature, but it also applies to reading and writing. In “The Wind in the Willows”, Kenneth Grahame’s writing style is whimsical and captivating. By reading aloud on the pod with expression and fluency, I hope to offer a model that children might one day imitate. Following along with the text will give students a visual for beautiful language and the way words and punctuation fit together. Engaging in this active form of reading can help form children into better readers and writers.

I’ll be reading aloud from this edition of The Wind in the Willows. The original story was ten chapters long, but this edition includes twelve with some extra material. The illustrations are absolutely stunning! Younger children can enjoy the pictures, while older readers might enjoy following along.

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Illustrated Read-Along

The Wind in the Willows

“Home! That was what they meant,

those caressing appeals,

Those soft touches wafted through the air,

those invisible little hands pulling and tugging,

all one way.”