Sing a Song
Summer Sun
from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven with repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Yet he will find a chink or two
To slip his golden fingers through.
The dusty attic spider-clad
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.
Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy’s inmost nook.
Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.
Read a book
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Here is a book recommendation for today. Check out the picture book collection at your local library, where there are lots of books to choose from! Find nearby libraries.
Try This
Help your child make a picture of your family or friends and what you can do outside in the summer. Draw the pictures, color, or cut pictures from magazines.
Watch
Explore More
- Folly Beach, South Carolina – Check out Folly Beach County Park! Have you seen the beach before or read a book about the ocean?
- Snake Mobile – Print out the pattern (or draw your own), color, and cut out the snake to make a twisty mobile.
