Odyssey: Episode 1

 

Episode 1 Activities

 

Find it.

Did you know there is a language of flowers? In the Victorian Era, you could give someone a bouquet of Diosma and it would mean: “Your simple elegance charms me!”

Is there someone in your life you would give a flower to?

Does it have a scent? In what season or climate would you find it? Would you give a single one, or a posy or a giant bouquet?

Find a picture and try to draw it.

Lunch & Learn - Language of Flowers

Event at Sigal Museum - Language of Flowers

Write it.

Have you ever lost something or someone that meant a great deal to you? Find some quiet time to think about why you loved it so much. Then, express your feelings by writing a poem or a letter.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

by Robert Frost

Mama said I'd lose my head
If it wasn't fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn't
'Cause while playing with my cousin
It fell off and rolled away
And now it's gone.

And I can't look for it
'Cause my eyes are in it,
And I can't call to it
'Cause my mouth is on it
(Couldn't hear me anyway
'Cause my ears are on it),
Can't even think about it
'Cause my brain is in it.
So I guess I'll sit down
On this rock
And rest for just a minute....

The Loser by Shel Silverstein

Make it.

Homemade Kazoo instructions:

  • Take an empty and clean

    toilet or paper towel tube

  • Decorate it with Washi Tape or paint

  • Take a square of wax paper and cover one end of it and attach with a rubber band

  • Poke a hole about halfway up on one side

    Now you can use your kazoo!

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