In a time when it is easy to be overcome by fear or worry, we want this series of blog posts to give you simple, gentle, and dynamic ways to reclaim an atmosphere of peace, joy, and wonder in your home. We can all then help shine light to the world by sharing how we are choosing beauty daily. Please join us by using the hashtag #choosingbeauty on social media.
#ChoosingBeauty – Day 10
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Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.”
-Genesis 1:20
“St. Francis Preaching to the Birds” by Giotto (c.1297)
Activities
Look: Study the picture. Notice everything you can and try to remember it. What time of day does it look like? What season? I wonder the significance of the position of the two men’s hands. Are you curious at what words are being spoken? Share your ideas. Close your eyes. Can you still imagine the picture? What colors did you notice. Tell everything you remember without looking.
Read: “The Warblers Arrive” The Burgess Bird Book by by Thornton Burgess, p.175-182
Observe: Take an early morning or early evening walk and observe birds. Use all your senses. You may find you hear more birds than you see. Look for flocks of birds coming back after their long winter south. Discuss any bird observations you have had over the past few weeks around your home. Draw or paint, if you like, a common bird that lives in your neighborhood, or paint a warbler using the pictures in The Burgess Bird Book.
Read: “The Worm” by Ralph Bergengren
Listen: “Flight” from Birds, by Herman Beeftink. Describe what you imagine as you listen.
Share: Can you imagine what it would be like to fly? I wonder what the view would be like for a migrating bird. How do they know when and where to go? What do you think? #choosingbeauty
Further Reading:
“Bird Migration” Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock
Bird Stories by Edith Patch
“How to Draw a Bewick’s Wren” by John Muir Laws
©Charlotte Mason Institute 2020
