I was so excited about this week’s Wednesday’s Around the World. We read about Aesop’s Fables and talked about the story of Tortoise and the Hare, for our Mystery of History lesson. So who is Aesop? Aesop was a slave in Greece during the Archaic period. However, his skill, he was so good at it, bought him his freedom. What was Aesop’s Skill? He was a master storyteller. The type of stories that Aesop told were called fables. Fables are stories that have a moral to them.
Claire working on her Tortoise.
Aesop also used animals a lot in his stories. He would use the animals to represent people in different positions in the society. For example, the story about the Tortoise and Hare.
The activity for today’s lesson was to read a story from Aesop’s Fables and make puppets of the characters from that story. Then have the kids renact the story using their puppets. I chose the fable about the Tortoise and the Hare.
Samuel working on his Tortoise.
While the Mystery of History book suggested using paper sacks or socks, we just used what materials we had on hand. We used felt for the Tortoise and the Hare. Then the kids used jewels and other craft supplies to decorate the puppets.
Samuel and Claire with their Tortoise and Hare.
The kids also used popsicle sticks to put on the puppets to hold them up. I think they did a very good job making them. The kids really enjoyed this fable.
When I had posted a picture of the kids on A Journey of Joy Facebook page, a friend mentioned that Jim Weiss had told the story for Home Educating Family Association. You can listen to Jim Weiss tell there story, HERE. He is an amazing story teller!
So what have you been learning about in History? Have you done any fun projects or activities lately? Please link up and share with us all!
They did a great job!!!! I love Aesop’s fables! Also, thanks for showing me that crafts don’t have to be scary….right? *shudder*
No, crafts don’t have to be scary!! You can do it!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing about the Jim Weiss video! I love listening to him. I would love to see him perform in person some day.
Love how you share that you can adapt lessons and not have to be exactly the same as the manual!
You are most welcome. That is so cool that he shared a couple of stories with Home Educating Family Association! Also, I think it is important for homeschooling families to know that you can adapt and change. You don’t have to do everything by the book! 🙂
[…] The link up will still be taking place every Wednesday. The first link-up for the school year will be next Wednesday, September 4th. All you have to do is write a post about what you are learning in history and/or geography, then come to my page and link-up with that lesson. Did you do a project or activity for history that you would like to share? Write a post about it and link it up! Here are a couple of examples from last year, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego and Aesop’s Fables, Tortoise and the Hare. […]