Eli and I were home alone yesterday afternoon. He went into the powder room to wash his hands so he could help me fix supper. In the meantime, I buried my hands elbow deep in hamburger. The water kept running and running and running. I kept hollering, “Hurry up, Eli, mommy needs your help.” The…
We’ve had a fun month studying Rodin (despite my preference for paintings over sculpture.) I’ve been rather slow posting our projects, so here are two weeks worth of projects. After studying The Hand of God and other hand sculptures, we completed 2-dimensional abstract hand drawings. The kids simply traced their hands and used at least…
A thorough Presidents of the United States unit study can be a unique way to learn American history and geography. However, a quick study of one or more presidents can be just as great. In this mini unit study, my children completed research-based, project-based learning as they each explored the lives of five presidents and…
Last week’s nature study compared a new pond structure to the older ponds we have been studying. The kiddos observed the differences in plant life, animal life, general activity and sounds. We also compared how the new pond was man-made, while the others we have observed were natural depressions in the land. You can see…
Autumn afternoons are full of free time fun (and learning) for my children. Below are just a few pictures from recent days. Mahayla spends countless hours caring for her horses and pony. She’s recently learned how to braid horse hair in various styles. Another of Mahayla’s afternoon activities is photography. Eli happens to be her…
Before bed, Eli asks for a tractor story every night. From the picture above, I guess you can tell where his passions lie right now. The other night, he told me a tractor story – his first ever story by the way… “Mommy, I tell you tacter tory tonight! Once pon time, Ewi ride tacter…
We’ve had a wonderful month of nature study! I don’t know whether the fruits and nuts were abundant enough to make our nature studies such a success or the weather was so picture perfect that anything would’ve been a success. Either way, we had fun! We’re off to study ponds in October! Here are the…
We have LOVED our time spent with Rousseau! Henri Rousseau Artist Study Resources Olga’s Gallery Monkeys in a Jungle Lesson Ideas KinderArt – Fantasy Jungle Lesson Plan Page – Stained Glass Books We Read
Antonio Vivaldi Composer Study Resources Classics for Kids Book We Read CD’s We Listened To
When you think of the Creation Museum, the first thoughts that pop into your head are probably things like Bible truths, dinosaurs, Noah and the flood, the need for Jesus and so on. We took a tad different approach to the normal routine of simply touring the museum this time around. Even though it rained…
I am loving Henri Rousseau’s style. It’s somewhat of a folk style with lots of bright colors. Combine that with whimsical scenes and it makes me smile. So many of the artists we’ve studied have been too serious for me, but the lighter side of Rousseau has revived my artist’s eye! Rousseau spent many days…
Have you ever noticed that God made seeds with adaptations that give them the best opportunity to make it to fertile land and grow into new plants? Hooks, wings, feather, rolling shells, floating bodies and yummy fruit whose seed will be pooped out are several examples. We took time last week during our nature walk…